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On January 27th Panasonic and Sony unveiled a new high-def video format that may put a stake in the venerable camcorder’s silicon heart. Called AVCHD Lite, this subset codec of the AVCHD format found in today’s top camcorders (Canon HG21 and Sony SR12), is geared for digital cameras; the first ones arrive in April from Panasonic. Given that Sony is planning a big press conference at the upcoming Photo Marketing Association convention March… Read More

Canon has announced a bevy of new digital cameras, including new shooters for entry-level users, serious and pro-sumer photographers, and its much-anticipated EOS 5D Mark II DSLR digital camera, which can now shoot full frame high definition video. The announcements come just after Canon unveiled a new passel of cameras in August, which also ran the gamut from a pro-level DSLR to entry-level cameras. First up, the EOS 5D Mark II offers a… Read More