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Lancerlink, from Japan, offers the DDV-1080HD, an entry-level budet-priced HD digital camcorder. The DDV-1080HD features a 5 megapixel sensor, that can capture 1440×1080 movies at 30fps. It comes with a 3-inch LCD display,

It can also record 1280×720 HD videos clips at 60fps. Videos are encoded with H.264 video codec. This budget camcorder offers 90MB memory and a SD/SDHC/MMC memory card slot. It costs 49800 Yen.

This is Casio’s EXILIM EX-Z150 slim digital camera. The compact EXILIM EX-Z150 has a 8.1 megapixel CCD sensor, and a 28mm wide angle lens with 4x optical zoom lens. The slim camera offers up to 1600 ISO, CCD-shift anti-shake image stabilization, and face detection.

The EXILIM Z150 can record 640×480 video clips at 30fps. The Z150 provides a YouTueb mode for recording YoutTube-optimized videos. It has a 2.7-inch LCD screen. Other than 17.9MB built-in memory, the Z150 has a SD/SDHC/MMC card slot. It is available in four colors.
[Casio]

Canon presents two new AVCHD digital camcorders, the iVIS HF11 and HG21. Both camcorders are equipped with a 3.31 megapixel Full HD CMOS sensor from Canon and 12x optical zoom lens. It offers also 40x digital zoom.

Both  HF11 & HG21 come with Canon’s DIGIV DV II image processor. They can capture 1920×1080 HD images in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 formats. HF11 and HG21 has a 32GB internal flash memory and 120GB hard drive respectively and they both get a 2.7-inch LCD screen.

[Impress]

Other than the FX150, Panasonic adds another new member to the FX series, the Lumix DMC-FX37. Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX37 is a compact digital camera with a 25mm wide angle Leica DC lens. It offers a 10.1 megapixel sensor and 5x optical zoom.

The FX37 features also Face detection, Mega O.I.S image stabilization, Intelligent ISO, like other Lumix cameras. It can reocrd 1280x720p videos.

The FX37 comes with 50MB built-in memory and a SD/SDHC card slot. Priced at $349.95, the FX37 will be available in August.

[Panasonic]

Hitachi is going to launch in Japan its new Wooo DZ-BD10H, a Blu-ray/HDD bybrid digital camcorder. Wooo DZ-BD10H is equipped with a 7 megapixel CMOS image sensor, 10x optical zoom lens and Picture Master Full HD processor. It is able to capture HD 1920×1080 videos. Face Detection is also available.

The new DZ-BD10H has a internal 30GB hard drive for storing videos while users can also record on BD-R/RE media thanks to the built-in Blu-ray writer. The camcorder has also a 2.7-inch LCD screen and HDMI output.

[Hitachi]