Nine new Panasonic camcorders are due in Australian shops this March, including two SD/hard-disk hybrids and two high-def camcorders.
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Nine new Panasonic camcorders are due in Australian shops this March, including two SD/hard-disk hybrids and two high-def camcorders.
Using the soon to be released DMC-TZ3 digital camera, CNET.com.au snapped some aerial shots of Sydney.
On Tuesday's the skies cleared above Sydney, giving Sydneysiders a welcome respite and clearing Panasonic's range of new camcorder and digital cameras for take off. (Click here for the lowdown on Panasonic's latest additions to its camera range.) As we soared above Sydney harbour, CNET.com.au was able to get an extended first-take of the Panasonic HDC-DX1 high-def DVD camcorder.
High definition Panasonic revealed two high-definition camcorders, due here in March, with optical image stabilisation and three CCD imaging sensors but only DVD and SD/SDHC flavours. Not a hard-disk in sight.
Hard-drive and SD hybrid Hitachi started the hybrid ball rolling with its DZ-HS303 camcorder which can record to both DVD and hard-disk. Panasonic's take on the hybrid theme records to SD/SDHC and hard-disk.
DVD camcorders Three new DVD camcorders with the top-of-the-pile VDR-D310 featuring a 10x Leica zoom lens, 3CCD imaging system and optical image stabilisation.
SDR-H250
Price: AU$1,319
Available: April
Recording medium: 30GB hard-disk and SD/SDHC (512MB SD card included)
Recording format: MPEG2
10x Leica zoom lens
3CCD sensor system
2.7-inch LCD
Optical image stabilisation
SDR-H20
Price: AU$989
Available: Late March
Recording medium: 30GB hard-disk and SD/SDHC (512MB SD card included)
Recording format: MPEG2
32x zoom lens
2.7-inch LCD
Optical image stabilisation
miniDV camcorders The miniDV format lives on with two new Panasonic miniDV camcorders, which double up as the most expensive webcams running around.
