Sony introduces in Europe two new standard definition digital camcorders, the Handycam SX21E and Handycam SR21E. Both camcorders are equipped with a 57x Optical Zoom lens by Sony and offer a powerful 67x Extended Zoom range. They have a flip-out 2.7-inch Clear Photo LCD and built-in LED video light to illuminate indoor scenes or night-time shots.

Panasonic SDR-H100

In addition to new Full HD camcorders, Panasonic also brings three new standard definition camcorders, the SDR-H100 with 80GB hard drive (enough for 74.5 hours of recording), the SDR-T70 with 4GB internal flash memory for 3 hours and 20 minutes of video and the SDR-S70. All three models can record to SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards.

Sony Handycam DCR-SR88

Along with the eight Full HD camcorders, Sony launches also five new standard-definition digital camcorders, including the hard drive-based DCR-SR88 and DCR-SR68 that has 120GB and 80GB capacities respectively, and the 16GB DCR-SX83, 16GB DCR-SX63 and 4GB DCR-SX44 flash models.

JVC-Victors adds a trio of camcorders to its Everio line, including the GZ-MS210, GZ-MS230 and GZ-MG980. All these camcorders can record 720×480 video with MPEG-2 video codec and Digital Digital 2-ch audio codec.

Japanese company Exemode introducesthe DV130 SD digital camcorder. The DV130 has 1.3 Megapixel image sensor for capturing 2047×1536 photos and 640×480 video clips in Motion JPEG format.

The Exemode DV130 has a 1.5-inch LCD display and …

Panasonic will launch in April its SDR-SW21 and SDR-S15 digital camcorders that record to SD/SDHC memory cards, joining the SDR-S26. Both of them feature a fast 0.6 second quick-start recording.

The Panasonic SDR-SW21 is a tough compact camcorder, which is waterproof up to 6.5 feet in both fresh and salt water; shockproof enough to sustain a 4-foot drop; and dustproof to protect against particles such as dirt, sand, and dust. The rugged SDR-SW21 will be available in lime green, orange and silver colors for $399.95.

Panasonic presents three entry-level High Def. camcorders, the HDC-HS20, the HDC-TM20 and the HDC-SD20. The HDC-HS20 is a hybrid camcorder with 80GB hard drive and SD/SDHC card slot while the HDC-TM20 has 16GB flash memory …

In addition to the the 60GB SDR-H80, Panasonic will release in the US market also the SDR-H90 and SDR-S26 camcorders with 70x optical zoom. Panasonic SDR-H90 has a built-in …

Panasonic offers another Full HD camcorder otpion in addition to the TM300, HS300 and HS200. The Panasonic HDC-SD200 is also a Full HD camcorder …

Other than new VIXIA HD camcoder models, Canon introduces also new standard definition camcorders, including flash-based FS22, FS21, FS200; DVD-based DC420 and DC410, and ZR960 MiniDV camcorders.