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  • Sony NEX-VG10

    Interchangeable lens consumer HD camcorder

    US $2,000 list

    The interchangeable lens consumer-oriented HD camcorder Sony teased us with when it announced its NEX interchangeable lens digital cameras has now been unveiled. As previously revealed, the Handycam NEX-VG10 features the same Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor found in the NEX-5 and NEX-3 and will be able to…




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    The NEX-VG10 shoots Blu-ray quality 1920x1080 video at 24 megabits per second in AVCHD format and 14.2 megapixel stills with its DSLR-sized image sensor providing shallower depth of field to produce shots that help separate the subject from the background. Giving users the option of using a wide variety of lenses including fisheye, telephoto and wide-angled, the camera also seeks to unleash that inner De Milne. The camcorder comes bundled with an E-mount 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS zoom lens, while additional E-mount lenses as well as an A-mount adapter that will allow the use of lenses used with Sony’s Alpha DSLR cameras will also be available at launch.
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    The DSLR-sized sensor claim is a bit over the top: they are referring to the fact that the sensor is the same size as those on the Sony DSLR cameras. But these are 23x15.7mm (roughly the same size as the Canon consumer DSLRs or Nikon's DX range; not full frame as this would be 36 x 23.9 mm.

    Still, very nice developments!
    pixar
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