Category: Camcorders
The Vado budget camcorder is confirmed by Creative, Disgo sobs quietly to itself
Creative has confirmed that poorly-kept secret that did the tour of the tech blogs a few weeks ago, and announced their low-end camcorder, the ‘Vado’, which is sure to stick a knife in Disgo’s, err, USB slot…
An inbuilt USB stick enables easy transfer of video files from the 2GB of internal storage capacity, to your PC for uploading to your various social networking sites, where your friends can leave witty and insightful comments on them like ‘dude that makes me rofl so bad!’
Taking a closer look, the 90g camcorder has a…
Another new Xacti camcorder from Sanyo – the DMX-CA8 Waterproof
We haven’t seen the CG9 in the UK as yet, but Sanyo has launched yet another Xacti in Japan – the DMX-CA8 Waterproof…
Sony trumps Panasonic with world's (new) smallest full HD camcorder, the HDR-TG1
Giving Panasonic’s HDC-SD9 a run for its money, Sony has announced the HDR-TG1 camcorder in Korea, which is reportedly the world’s new ‘smallest full HD’ model.
Measuring in at 1.3″ wide by 4.7″ tall and 2.5″ deep, it weighs 282g, which is quite a bit heavier than the Panny’s 115g, but still physically smaller, with the Panasonic measuring 2.5″ x 2.6″ x 4.9″. Alright Sony, you’ve trumped them there admittedly.
Launching on April 20th, it also records at 1920 x 1080p resolution…
Maplin offers police-style head camera for extreme sports
The same high-resolution tactical head camera worn by the police for surveillance operations is being offered by Maplin – aimed at extreme sports fans…
AgfaPhoto launches DV-5000Z SDHC camcorder for 720p shooting
The latest budget camcorder on the market is the work of AgfaPhoto, specifically the DV-5000Z …
Shiny Video Preview: Panasonic HDC-SD9, HDC-HS9, SDR-S7 and SDR-SW20 camcorders
Yesterday I grabbed a few quick minutes in a noisy room to show you the four models Panasonic has recently launched/announced for their camcorder range, the HDC-SD9, HDC-HS9, SDR-S7 and SDR-SW20.
The former two models offer lovely, scrumptious full-HD, whereas the latter two are standard-def. Take a look above for some…
Panasonic HDC-SD9 camcorder announced in UK, world's smallest and lightest
The second high-def camcorder announced by Panasonic today in the UK is the HDC-SD9, which also offers a full HD experience with 1920 x 1080p filming.
The main difference between the SD9 and the HS9 I mentioned before is that the SD9 doesn’t contain a hard disk. Instead, recording is made onto an SD or SDHC card. Like the HS9, it is also 3CCD and has the same 10x zoom. Weighing in at 115g, it’s very minuscule in size, yet still packs…
Panasonic announces the full-HD HDC-HS9 camcorder in the UK
Panasonic today announced four new camcorders in the UK, two to join their high-def range, the other two to languish in the inferior standard definition range. Standard def, bah! Who wants it?
The two full-HD camcorders announced are the HDC-HS9 (pictured above) and HDC-SD9. Offering 1920 x 1080p recording, at 25fps and a 17Mbps bit rate, it features a 60GB hard disk, but you can also record onto SD or SDHC via the card slot. Oh, and did I mention it’s got an impressive 10x optical zoom too? That’s the best part, if you ask me…
Panasonic throws the miniscule SDR-S7 camcorder into the mix
I know there’s a Panasonic launch event in the coming weeks here in London, so I’m hoping they’ll be showing off this SDR-S7 camcorder, which was just announced in Japan.
Weighing an incredible 160g, or 182g with the battery and SD card in their relevant slots, it records in VGA resolution at 640 x 480 in the Mpeg-2 format. With…
