Three Panasonic camcorders debuted in the gadget world; the HM-TA1, HDC-SDX1 and the HDC-SDT750. Each camcorder targets different demographics.
The Panasonic HM-TA1 is a perfect blogger camera. It’s a tiny camera with 1080p HD video. Bloggers can upload photos via the attached USB terminal (less cable, easier to upload photos to blogs). The screen is a 2.0 LCD and other features include ‘EIS (Electronic Image Stabilization) system, cool color modes, Apple’s iFrame video format (960 x 540/30p) and effortless sharing with social sites like FaceBook and YouTube with the included software.’ The price tag is US$170.
The Panasonic HDC-SDXI camcorders are for people who like taking videos of events, family gatherings, etc. More sophisticated than the HM-TA1 but is still compact.
Panasonic said this is the lightest full HD camcorder in their line. Its features include ’1080p HD video offering, the SDX1 sports a 23x intelligent zoom system, Apple’s iFrame video format, Hybrid optical image stabilization, rotating 2.7-inch touchscreen LCD, Intelligent scene selection, Face detection and Face recognition technologies’. The price tag is a US$500.
The Panasonic HDC -SDT750 is the first 3D consumer level camcorder. This Panasonic camcorder captures ‘true-to-life 3D content’. If you don’t want your own personal 3D movies you can take out the adapter. It also captures high quality full 1080p HD video which uses 3MOS image sensor configuration.
The 3D camcorder also features ’12x optical zoom lens, Time-lapse recording mode, 5.1 channel audio recording, iAuto mode for effortless recording, Hybrid O.I.S., AF/AE tracking, intelligent scene selection, a large rotating 3.0-inch touchscreen LCD, and Pre-Rec mode to name a few.’
For its performance the Panasonic costs US$1400.
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