Panasonic HDC-SD1 AVCHD Camcorder
by Sze | Filed under MultiMedia.
Today, Panasonic unveiled the HDC-SD1 supporting Full HD Recording. The HDC-SD1 camcorder features a 3CCD sensor with Leica Lens, 1080i FULL HD (1920×1080) video recording, Dolby 5.1 audio recording synchronized on the zoom [ie.the more you zoom, the more the audio will be focused on the subject], HDMI support, 3 different VBRs (6, 9 and 13Mbps) and s 3-inch LCD. You can record 40minutes of video on a 4GB SDHC at 13Mbps and 90minutes at 6Mbps.
Panasonic will also offer the VW-PT2-S, a 40GB external hard disk to save your videos recorded on an SD card.
A similar model will be available with DVD-R recording capabilities instead of SD recording.
The camcorder should start selling in December at a price of 1,300.00 euros.
The camcorder measures 74×69x142mm and weights 430g without its battery.


[AkihabaraNews]
Tags: AVCHD, Camcorder, HDC-SD1, hdmi, MultiMedia, Panasonic, Panasonic-HDC-SD1

November 10th, 2006 at 6:03 am
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