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Panasonic introduces a new Full HD camcorder, HDC-SD9. Panasonic HDC-SD9 is probably the smallest and lightest 3CCD Full HD camcorder in the world. HDC-SD9 features 3 560k pixel CCD image sensor, Leica Dicomar lens with 10x of optical zoom supporting F1.8 wide angle and support for AVCHD recording format.

The SD9 has Panasonic’s Advanced O.I.S. image stabilizer, Dolby Digital microphone and a 2.7-inch widescreen LCDscreen.

Both SD and SDHC are supported for storage. It is priced at $799.95.

[Panasonic]

Panasonic presents in Japan the SDR-S7, an ultra lightweight SD camcorder. It weighs only 160g, but packs a 10x optical zoom, ability to record 640×480 MPEG-2 videos, a 2.7-inch screen. It supports SD and SDHC cards. Available later this month in Japan, the Panasonic SDR-S7 has a price tag of 44800 Japanese Yen.

[Gizmodo]

Victor (JVC) introduces two new camcorder in Japan, the Everio GZ-HD6 and GZ-HD5, which are going to be released in February.

Same as Sony’s SR12, Everio GZ-HD6 has a 120GB hard disk drive. It has 3 570,000 pixel CCD image sensor, 10x optical zoom and 200x digital zoom. There is also a 2.8-inch LCD widescreen and HDMI outputs.

Another new camcorder is the GZ-HD5, which will comes in two colors, Silver and Black. It is acutally the same as the GZ-HD6 except that it comes with a 60GB hard drive.

They both feature Optical image stabilization, 1920×1080 Full HD recording, and a microSD/SDHC memory card slot.

[GZ-HD6] [GZ-HD5]

Sony is going to ship on 14th March the HDR-SR12, a new Handycam digital camcorder. Sony HDR-SR12 comes with a 5.6 megapixel ClearVid CMOS image sensor and is equipped with Sony’s BIONZ image processor.

SR12 has a 120GB hard drive for storage and it can capture 1920×1080 Full HD videos. It offers also Face Detection for video, a 3.2-inch touch screen, 10 megapixel image capture and a Memory Stick PRO card slot.

The 120GB camcorder is priced at $1,399.99 USD.

[Sony Style]