Sony has upgraded its HDR-CX7 flash-based camcorder to include face-recognition technology and Smile Shutter, which automatically takes a still picture as soon as the subject switches to full beam.

Sony's Handycam HDR-SR11 is among the cream of the hard-drive AVCHD crop right now, and the same is true for its sister, the HDR-SR12, since the only difference between them is the size of their ...

Those BD products will be able to read AVCHD DVD disks. Matsushita and Sony have expanded the AVCHD format to cover wider recording media beyond 8-cm DVD disks, including hard-disk drives and both SD ...

Sony is developing a new AVCHD high-definition camcorder featuring an interchangeable lens system The camcorder, which will be available this fall, will be compatible with “E Mount” interchangeable ...

Sony's new camcorder can record video and still images directly to Memory Stick PRO Duo™ media, Secure Digital (SD), or SDHC media card (all sold separately) in addition to 16GB of embedded memory.

(The camcorder will ship with a full version of Sony's Vegas Pro 12 video editing software.) That said, it employs 4:2:0 color subsampling, and bit rate maxes out at 150Mbps at 60p or 100Mbps for ...

The camcorder will record in AVCHD at up to 24Mb/s, delivering 1920x1080 HD images with both interlace and progressive modes along with native 1080/24P, 720/60p and MPEG-2 SD recording. You may like ...

Sony and Panasonic are introducing a new high-def consumer camcorder standard, AVCHD, using mini (8cm) DVDs. It encompasses hi-def recording in six different formats, plus standard-resolution PAL ...

Sony is bolstering its lead in the high-definition camcorder arena with the introduction of AVCHD technology-based models. The new Handycam HDR-CX7 model is the world’s smallest and lightest ...

Sony’s new HDRAX2000 prosumer-level video camera captures broadcast quality video with film-quality motion and records to AVCHD format.

Sony's first hard-disk-based AVCHD camcorder, the HDR-SR1E (£1,100), will carry a 30GB (unformatted) hard drive as will a new pair of standard-definition camcorders - the DCR-SR30E and DCR-SR50E.

Sony Electronics has introduced a new camcorder, as part of its NXCAM family of products that uses the AVCHD compression format and three enhanced 1/3in CMOS sensors. The solid-state recording camera ...