Panasonic AVC HD Camcorder

CEATEC - Panasonic were showing one of their first efforts with the new compression technology AVC HD based on MPEG4 AVC/H.264 technology. The camcorder records to SD cards achieving a vertical resolution of 1080i at bit rates from 13Mbps down to 6Mbps so with a 4GB SD you can get around 55 minutes with the lowest bit rate.

The camcorder is a 3 CCD model with the usual Leica lens and 12X zoom and with HDMI out, which can take the raw signal avoiding compression so you get full signal.

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