Sanyo introduces a new pocket-sized dual camera, the VPC-PD2BK that is capable of Full HD 1920x1080p video recording at 30fps and 10 Megapixel still shooting. The new Xacti has a portrait, compact, candy-bar type form factor, just like Kodak PlayTouch, Samsung E10 and Panasonic TA1. The Xacti VPC-PD2BK features 3x optical zoom, stereo sound recording, [...]

Canon announced two new compact XF-Series professional camcorders, the XF105 and XF100, which are the camera maker’s smallest professional camcorders. Both of them are equipped with Canon’s Full HD 1920×1080 CMIS image sensor and uses the Canon XF Codec, which is an “MPEG-2 4:2:2 50Mbps codec used for exceptional high-definition image quality, full non-linear editing [...]

Sony Handycam DCR-SX15E While we are heading to the world of HD, Sony brings two new value-priced Standard Definition camcorders, the Handycam DCR-SX15E and DCR-SR15E. These camcorders are almost identical, except that the former uses Memory Stick PRO DUO Mark 2 or SD card for storage while the latter comes with built-in 80GB hard drive. [...]