Panasonic's SDR-S200 3CCD pocket camcorder with SDHC slot

That didn't take long. Hot on the heels of their SDHC card announcement, Panasonic brings us their SDR-S200 3CCD video camera capable of recording MPEG-2 video directly to their new 4GB SDHC cards. And that trio of 1/6-inch CCDs will shoot 3.1 megapixel stills to boot. This followup to the SDR-S100, features the same 10x optical zoom, optical image stabilization, and 2.8-inch LCD, but measures in just a touch heavier and hair bigger – still tiny though by camcorder standards. So all you're really getting is a doubling (for now) of recording capacity -- up to 3.5 hours or a scant 50 minutes if you're after the cams top quality. Still with higher capacity SDHC cards on the horizon (up to 32GB theoretically), at least the S200 won't suffer that 2GB capacity cap like the S100. Expected in Japan starting next month for about ¥100,000 or close to $882.

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[aparaty cyfrowe @ Jun 8th 2006 10:11AM]

nice small one but what about price?

[PEZ @ Jun 8th 2006 10:13AM]

There is more of a difference than just doubling here from the S100 to this model with 3CCDs.

[matt j @ Jun 8th 2006 10:38AM]

It's heels not heals.

[Digital Camera @ Jun 11th 2006 2:24AM]

It's nice and handy. I like this camcorder.

[Tony @ Jun 26th 2006 10:50PM]

Anybody out there can u please inform me if this S200 has the same 540 lines of resolution and 3 megapixels that I saw on panasonic's site S100 or if the video resolution on this one has also been bumped up or is it still the same, I'm still considering the Sanyo VPC HD1 for compactness, and 5mp with 720p not quite full High Def but @ least it's close I know that the S100 has 3CCD's @ 1/6 so it's still up in the air even though it might just be about $200 more than the VPC HD1 I would prefer better video I think with @ least 4mp and similar compactness as with Pana's S200 & San. VPC HD1.

[jaswinder @ Jun 25th 2007 12:36AM]

Yes Sir the fight here is also betwixt the Sanyo and this Pamasonic sdr 150 0r 200...sanyo is HD (almosst) but its said the pic is bad at low light and mpeg 4 thows up artifacts in moving video takes like F1 racing etc but it has an HDMI connection ( canon hv10 is a mini DV cam and has no HDMI connection what a pity) and also the sanyo is a lot lighter and hip to carry in its standard hip holster accessory (I just lost a JVC handycam) flick of an eye lid and someobe nicked it ..cos u cant stick it to your body so Im not getting any replacement that i cannot wear like a pen or a handphone with a strap tied to my belt !!heaven knows how many people have lost their prtecious handycams !! this panasonic 3ccd is not hd but its said the takes ARE MUCH better but u need to connect with av cable to avoid the shaky movie lot better in low light in the hand its clumsier than the sanyo and theres no standard hip holster ,,,,can u put it in your pocket its big u know !so let me know your thoughts ..i havent decided which