Video: NAB 2008 Red Scarlet Interview with Ted Schilowitz
 Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Rebellion for Red Digital Cinema, talks about the new handheld 3K Red Scarlet and more here at NAB 2008. Among the juiciest tidbits: Ted likens the battle between "regular" HD camcorders versus 3K and 4k Red cameras to cell phone cameras versus SLRs. Ouch. But do soccer moms really seem the likely audience for the Scarlet? Red Digital seems to think so.
Read full article Added on 04-15-2008
xvYCC: The Future of Color
 January 22, 2008 – Roy G. Biv. He was our childhood mnemonic device that we recalled when we thought of color. We pictured a rainbow, a consistent spectrum of seven tones outlined by the acronym of his name. Today, the reproduction of color is bit more complicated. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this month, camcorder and television manufacturers continued to market xvYCC color as the new standard for high definition consumer electronics. The technology promises to capture a wider color gamut and therefore, a more faithful color rendering. But a number of obstacles stand in the way before it can become the de facto standard.
Read full article Added on 01-23-2008
CES 2008: Face Detection a New Trend for Camcorders
 January 14, 2008 – Face Detection. Face Recognition. Face Chaser. The new trend in camcorders this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is face-finding technology. As the name implies, face recognition is geared to better capture people in still photography and more recently, video. With top-tier model launches from Panasonic’s (HDC-SD9 and HDC-HS9) and Sony’s new spring lines (HDR-SR10, HDR-SR11, HDR-SR12, HDR-UX10, HDR-UX20, and the DCR-SR-220), manufacturers are proving that face recognition technology isn’t just for still compact cameras anymore.
Read full article Added on 01-14-2008
CES 2008: Camcorder Manufacturers Lean (Slightly) towards Online Video
 January 9, 2008 – The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week saw the launch of several new trends that better enable camcorders for online video production. Panasonic and Canon, respectively, launched smaller body designs and a new frame rate for higher end users. Although not specifically marketing these new tools to Web users, camcorder manufacturers stumbled on newly released features that coincidentally enable the online videographer. Not realizing the goldmine that they are sitting on, it seems camcorder manufacturers might be catching on to what the rest of Web 2.0 users have known for years: user-generated content is taking over the Internet.
Read full article Added on 01-09-2008
HD Camcorder Sales on the Rise
 November 7, 2007- A recent study by the UK-based research firm Understanding and Solutions shows an increase in High Definition camcorder sales so far in 2007. In the USA, HD camcorders comprise only 10% of total unit demand, but that translates to over 25% in value due to the higher costs of HD. The average price of an HD camcorder is $1300, but researchers at Understanding and Solutions estimate that average will drop to more than half that value by 2011.
Read full article Added on 11-07-2007
CamInfo Selects 2007
 It’s that time of year again. As the leaves fall and a cool wind chills the evenings, we harvest the year’s camcorders and tell you what’s worth buying for the holiday season. 2007 was ultimately the year high definition finally came into its own. No longer merely a luxury item for early adopters, the sales of HDTVs, HD video players, and the rest of the HD ecosystem finally created a bedrock for consumer-generated HD video. At least five times as many consumer HD camcorders were released this year compared to 2006. Though still too high to rightly be called “cheap,” prices have dropped steadily, and several models can be found for less than $1,000. HD has also shed the reputation of being too complicated. Several of this year’s best models put priority on ease of use and auto controls...
Read full article Added on 10-30-2007
EU and CIPA Tag Team Digital Camera Hybrid Market
 October 3, 2007- The European Union (EU) has just assailed the digital still/video camera hybrid market by tacking a higher tax onto models that record high definition video. According to a statement released by the Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA), any digital still/video camera hybrid that exceeds an 800 x 600 resolution, frame rate of 23fps, and capture time of 30 minutes or more will now be classified as a “video camera recorder.” All models that fall beneath any or all of these categories will thus be deemed as a “digital camera.”
Read full article Added on 10-03-2007
Toshiba Enters the Race with Four HD Camcorders
 September 25, 2007 – Today, Toshiba announced that they will release a series of high definition camcorder. Two models in the Gigashot A Series will record full 1920 x 1080 video onto hard disk drives (HDDs) in the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. Two models in the Gigashot K series record in the lower 720p resolution (1290 x 720). The Gigashot A100F, does not come cheap, expecting to retail in Japan for ¥188,000 (approximately US$1640).
Read full article Added on 09-25-2007
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CamcorderInfo.com has scoured the ads and tracked down some of the best camcorder deals for you this holiday weekend. If you’re in the market for a new camcorder, be sure to act fast. Several of these deals are only good for Black Friday weekend.