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.
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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 1280×720p 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.
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]
