Camcorders

New World’s Lightest Panasonic HDC-TM35 HD Camcorder

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Panasonic HDC-TM35

Panasonic has launched world’s lightest HD camcorder HDC-TM35 which just weighs 185g (just a bit more than BlackBerry Storm 2) and is idle for women mostly. This new camcorder supports 1920 x 1080/60i HD mode AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) video capturing with its 1/41 type MOS of 3.32-megapixel image sensor and can also capture 2.16 Megapixel still images.

Other features include IA Zoom, Image Stabilization, Smile Shutter and is coming with a 16.8x optical zoom lens, 2.7-inch LCD display, 2-channel built-in stereo microphone, stereo speakers, HDMI output.

HDC-TM35 Specifications:

Dimensions 51.5 x 57.5 x 107.5 mm
Weight 185g
Image Sensor 1 / 4.1 type MOS
Video format MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (AVCHD standard compliant)
Audio format Dolby Digital 2-channel
Zoom – iA 23x zoom
Memory – Internal: 32GB
– Up to 64GB SDXC memory card
– Up to 32GB SDHC memory card
– Up to 2GB SD memory card
LCD DIsplay 2.7” high definition LCD widescreen
HDMI output System 1 1080i 480p [HDMI mini connector]
Power DC3.6V / 5.0V
Colors Pure White, Classi Gold, Mode Violet and Shiny Gray

Price And Availability:

The Panasonic HDC-TM35 will be released on July 1, 2010 in Japan at a price of $810 (around Rs. 40,000 INR in Indian rupees).

Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA 100 World’s First Waterproof HD Camcorder

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Sanyo DMX CA100 waterproof

Sanyo has released the world’s first waterproof full HD camcorder Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100. The camcorder can be used underwater up to a depth of 3 meters for filming a full HD video (1920 x 1080 pixels) up to 60 mins length for capturing still photos with its 14 Megapixels camera.

The camera is coming with High-Speed Sequential Shooting (HSS) feature

Features:

– Captures high resolution 14 mega-pixel photos

– The “High-Speed Sequential Shooting (HSS)” feature can enable capturing up to 22 photos at 7 frames per second.

– Sanyo’s exclusive “Double Range Zoom” to capture distant objects easily using 12x Telephoto

– Digital Image STabilizer and Face Chaser Function

– Mini HDMI terminal

– Eye-Fi card compatibility

Sanyo DMX-CA100 Pictures:

Sanyo DMX CA100

Sanyo DMX-CA100 Specifications:

Dimensions 92 x 40.8 x 123 mm
Weight 242 g
Effective Pixel – 14.30 Megapixels (Photo)
– 11.90 Megapixels (in Full HD or HD mode)
– 14.30 Megapixels (in SD mode)
Image Sensor 1/2.33 inch CMOS sensor, Approx. 14.40 MP
Video format MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Digital Zoom Approx 10x while shooting
Memory – Internal: 50 MB
– SDHC memory card up to 32GB*
– SDXC memory card up to 64GB
LCD display 2.7” TFT color widescreen LCD display
Interface Video: Mini HDMI/Composite video (NTSC/PAL)
USB 2.0
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery, 700 mAh
Battery Life – 60 mins (continuous Full-HD mode)
– 210 mins (continuous playback)
– 210 shots in case of photos
Colors Yellow, Pink & Black

[*] With a 32GB SD memory card, you can record a Full HD video up to 4 hrs, and can take still photographs of 8,800 at 10M or 45,200 at 2M resolution.

Price And Availability:

The price of Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100 hasn’t been announced officially. The camera is expected to hit the markets at the end of June 2010.