The Sanyo Xacti E1 is the world’s first waterproof camcorder. This great news for all those of you who love shooting videos but missed taking amazing videos of your under sea walk! Take this 4.4-inch-tall, 8.3-ounce camcorder on your next scuba trip, but remember it can be taken down to only 5 feet for an hour at a time. Amazing videos are captured on standard definition H.264 MPEG-4 video onto an SD or SDHC memory card. At a single go you can shoot about 10 hours at 640×480 video at 30 frames per second on a 8GB card. 6-megapixel JPEG stills can be captured simultaneously as you shoot videos.
The Sanyo Xacti E1 Camcorder will hit the stands in June and will cost $500.
Spec List:
-Waterproof: submersible to a depth of five feet for 60 minutes
– No separate, bulky underwater housing required
– Shoots high-quality video (advanced MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 at 640 x 480 pixels/30fps)
– Takes 6-megapixel stills (JPEG format)
– Records onto an SD memory card or high-capacity SDHC card (not included)
– Bright, 2.5-inch LCD color display flips out and rotates for easy viewing
– 5x optical zoom for great close-ups
– Anti-shake digital image stabilizer*8
– Easy, one-handed operation
– While recording video, 6-megapixel still images may also be taken simultaneously
– Utilizing the 16:9 widescreen (4.4M: 2816 x 1584 pixel) photo setting, users can enjoy their high resolution photos on their high-definition televisions in full screen mode
– In “Portrait Mode” pictures can be taken in portrait style without manually rotating the camera to its side
– Set focal distance to one of 16 steps with “Manual Focus”
– Super-macro function able to zoom in up to 1cm (when using wide-angle)
– “Digital Red-eye reduction” function automatically reduces red-eye from images
– Easily upload video and images to a PC or Mac for playback or share online with friends
– Smooth playback on television with 60 frames per second
– “Quick stand-by” makes it possible to start recording or playback immediately after the monitor is flipped open
– Dimensions: 2.8 x 4.4 x 1.6 (W x H x D, in inches)
– Weight: 8.3 oz. with battery and SD or SDHC memory card
– Comes in a choice of Blue, Yellow or White
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