Just tested few days Panasonic SVAV100. Very nice!
Now waiting for HD tapeless camcorder 1280x720p24/30/50/60 and 1920x1080p24 :
1.at least 2/3" cmos sensor like ProCamHD 3560 http://www.altasens.com/products.html
2. FPGA based programmable encoder with possibility to choose
codec and bitrate: mpeg2/4 4:2:0 or 4:2:2 or wavelet "visually losless" as CineForm http://www.cineform.com
up to 100 Mbps for internal recording to CF/SD (or HDD's 1.8" raid http://www.Kinetta.com)
and HDSDI/GigE output for external capture uncompressed stream. http://www.xilinx.com/esp/dvt/cdv/c...l_camcorder.pdf