Sony launches in Asia its new Handycam HDR-GW77, a rugged pocket Full HD camcorder. The GW77 is more or less the same as its brother GW55, but adds 16GB internal memory in addition to support for Memory Stick Micro and MicroSD/SDHC memory cards. It is waterproof up to 5 meter depth, shockproof against up to 1.5 meter fall and dustproof. Like the GW55, the camcorder is equipped with a 1/3.91 type 20.4 Megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor and a Sony G Lens lens with 10x optical zoom.

Shooting videos when you are playing with friends in the beach is really fun, but your camcorder just can’t handle water splash and bumps. Samsung’s newly released Pocket Cam HMX-W300 rugged camcorder may be what you want. The unit features a multi-proof rugged design that it is waterproof to 16.4 feet, shockproof to withstand 6.5 feet drop, and dustproof. In Auto Aqua mode, the W300 can films videos in up to 3 meters of water depth.

Samsung releases its QF20 SMART digital camcorder with integrated WiFi connectivity. The compact camcorder supports Full HD 1920×1080 video recording. With WiFi support, users can connect the QF20 to any WiFi sport and instantly upload the video online to YouTube or Facebook (and images to Picasa) to share with friends and family directly and wirelessly from the camcorder with a simple touch of a button.

Sony’s Handycam HDR-CX760V is a Full HD digital camcorder with 96GB internal flash memory that is enough got up to 38 hours of HD video recording. It is almost identical to the HDR-PJ760V but lacks the built-in projector. Equipped with 6.1 Megapixel back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor, the camcorder does 1920×1080 Full HD 60p/24p video recording and captures up to 24.1 Megapixel still images. It sports a 26mm wide angle Carl Zeiss lens with 10x optical zoom and 17x extended zoom.

Sony is going to ship its new Handycam HDR-PJ260V HD digital camcorder on 8 May. Basically, the PJ260V is a variant of Sony’s CX260V, featuring built-in projector which is able to produce 640×360 images with up to 100-inch screen size. The camcorder sports a 2.2 Megapixel Back-illuminated Exmor CMOS with ClearVid array color filter system, and a 30x optical zoom Sony G lens that is capable of 55x Extended Zoom.

Sony Handycam HDR-PJ580V

Sony has two new mid-range Full HD camcorders, the Handycam HDR-CX580V and the Handycam HDR-PJ580V with built-in projector. Equipped with back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor and BIONZ image processor, these camcorders are capable of 1920×1080 Full HD 60p/24p video recording and 20.4 Megapixel still images, and features CinemaTone to deepen the color and recreate film-like color tones that combined with 24p recording for cinematic quality video.The HDR-PJ580V’s built-in projector can projector up to a 100-inch images with 640×360 resolution.

Sony Handycam HDR-XR260V

Sony launches the Handycam HDR-CX260V and Handycam HDR-XR260V Full HD digital camcorders that sit between the company’s new entry-level CX190/CX200/CX210, and mid-range CX580V. Both models support Full HD 1920×1080 video recording, and are capable of shooting 8.9 Megapixel still images. The former comes with 16GB flash memory that is enough for 5 hours of 1080p footage, while the latter gets a 160GB hard drive for up to 63 hours of HD recording.

Sony’s Handycam HDR-PJ200 is an entry-level Full HD camcorder with built-in projector. Equipped with 1.3 Megapixel back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS image sensor, the camcorder records Full HD 1920×1080 video at up to 24Mbps and up to 5.3 Megapixel still images. The main feature of this model is its built-in projector, which is capable of producing up to a 100-inch high contrast 640×360 image onto any available wall. The camcorder also sports BIONZ image processor

Sony brings to video professionals a new NXCAM camcorder, the compact-sized HXR-NX30U with built-in projector. According to Sony, the NX30U is its smallest, lightest handheld professional camcorder. It is equipped with 1/2.88-inch Exmor R CMOS image sensor and a Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T* lens with 26mm wide angle and 10x optical zoom.

Sony launches three new entry-level Handycam Full HD camcorders, the HDR-CX190, HDR-CX200 and HDR-CX210. All of them are equipped with back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor for superb low-light video recording and a 25x optical zoom lens, which can be extended to 30x. They are capable of 1920x1080p Full HD video recording and 5.3 Megapixel still image shooting. The HDR-CX200 and HDR-CX210 both use Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens.