Sony Announces New "HDR-HC3" HDV Camcorder

[Jerry Jones]

Nice form factor:

http://tinyurl.com/gppka

Jerry Jones

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[Mikele]

Yes, I have touch it two weeks ago, in a Oficial Sony presentation in Barcelona.
Its a very cut down version, very cheap look. Very expensive price for a camera that looks equal or worse than a cheap mini DV cam.

It has a "nice" feature: high speed frame rate recording. I don't know how it works.

[Helevitia]

This is how it works:

Smooth Slow Recording
By increasing the record rate from 60 fields per second (fps) to 240 fps for 3 seconds allowing you to capture 3 seconds of fast motion and play the video back in 12 seconds. This is great for analyzing a golf swing or a viewing a bird in flight. Read more about the HC3 here: http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTE...efinitionVideo

Anybody hear of a prosumer HD camcorder from Canon yet?

[Jerry Jones]

CNET is now carrying the story of this camcorder, claiming the price will actually be only $1,400... less than the $1,700 suggested by the CamcorderINFO Web Site article.

http://tinyurl.com/zlf55

The story carries an interesting side note about Panasonic:

"Panasonic, which already has a high-end HD camcorder, plans on coming out with an HD camcorder that will be about the same size or smaller than today's mini-DV cameras in 2007."

"These systems will likely sell for less than $1,000."

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net