Panasonic HDC-SD5

Panasonic has announced a new HD camera. They claim that it's one of the lightest and smallest of the lot - its dimensions and weight could justify this: Dimensions 2.6 x 2.6 x 5.3-inch, and weight 0.75 pounds. The camera records video with 1,920 x 1,080 pixels at 30 fps, and it records on SD or SDHC cards.

The HDC-SD5 has revamped image stabilization system and Leica Dicomar lenses. No word on the price or release of this camcorder yet.

Samsung SGH-G800

The latest rumoured gadget from Samsung, the SGH-G800 seems ready to kill most of the competition. It has a compact camera with 5-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash, which is better than LED-based ones.

The G800 will also feature one microSD slot, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 2.4-inch 320 x 240 pixel screen as well. Bring it on, I say

FujiFilm FinePix Z10fd

FujiFilm recently launched the Z10fd - which adds one more digi-cam to their existing line of Z Series - known as the "fashion cameras for the generation." The Z10fd sports a 7.2 MP camera lens and comes in five zebra stripe colors. The camera has features like face recognition, auto-red eye correction, dual-shot mode, and supports the following memory card formats: xD, SD, SDHC.

The camera has a blog-mode which resizes the image to VGA or QVGA, and you can quickly share the image through the IR port. The camera will communicate to most IR devices. This Z-lifestyle camera will be released in October, and will cost about $200 (Rs. 8,000).

Kingston 266X 8GB Compact Flash

There have been numerous prior releases of fast flash memory cards. This time, Kingston claims that their compact flash cards to be 266 times faster than the standard ones. These cards are available in 2 GB, 4GB and 8 GB capacities. They sport twice the write speeds of their previous Ultimate lineup of compact flash cards.


These cards will be bundled with MediaRECOVER software and will have a lifetime warranty. The prices for these cards in order of their capacity are $83 (Rs. 3,320), $144 (Rs. 5,760) and $280 (Rs. 11,200). It seems to be an expensive deal for faster write speeds.