Sony Live 2006: Hard disk camcorder comes to UK first

Sony has also confirmed an April UK launch for its debut hard disk based camcorder the DCR-SR90 (which appears to be identical to the recently announced US model the DCR-SR100, a modle not on sale until the summer!). Set to retail for around £900 the model features a 30 Gigabyte hard drive, a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar® T lens (30mm) with 10x optical / 120x digital zoom, a 2.7inch monitor and still image capture in both 4:3 and widescreen modes. The camcorder is larger than the models in rivals JVC’s Everio range, which Sony explained is to accommodate a higher resolution 3 mega pixel CCD.