Sanyo unveiled Sleek 1080i HD camcorder
Today Sanyo announced a new member of their Xacti line, the Xacti VPC-HD1010 camcorder, a compact and lightweight (9.9 ounces with battery and SD card) full 1080i HD(1920×1080) camcorder. The HD1010 has a CMOS sensor that records both 1080i HD video and 4MP still images to either SDHC memory cards or the built-in 40MB internal memory. A built-in pop-up flash sits on top on the camcorder’s pistol-grip design, while a 2.7 inch widscreen LCD display pivots out from the side.
The 1080i HD video is recorded at 60 FPS in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. It is also capable of 300 FPS slow motion video. Utilizing Sanyo’s Face Detection technology for still images and Face Chaser technology for video it can recognize up to 12 faces at a time in both stills and video. 4 MP stills can be shot at up 7 frames per second, even while recording video. A fast f1.8 10x optical zoom lens, made of all glass. Sound is recorded at 48 khz. 16-bit on 2-channels. It will be available in the USA in July 2008 for around $800.
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