Panasonic's 1080p twin-lens P2 camcorder seen behind three-dee glass at CEATEC

We can't say for certain how good it feels to hoist this big-faced behemoth onto one's shoulder, but it's the first time we've seen Panasonic's 1080p twin-lens P2 3D camcorder out and about since its fabled introduction at NAB earlier this year. Strategically placed beside a 3D Avatar trailer demo, the camcorder looked exactly like the press shot we saw of the prototype before, though there's still no formal word on when it'll be used to film your friend's Bar Mitzvah (or anything else half as cool). A boy can dream, yeah?

Panasonic's 1080p twin-lens P2 camcorder seen behind three-dee glass at CEATEC

[silversun Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:37PM]

looks like wall-e

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:38PM]

Hello!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:43PM]

Much hypocrisy?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:49PM]

so can i be the first to say that this will be the worst camcorder ever made, or should i wait for the badly 'englishized' review

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 4:37AM]

"Worst ever"? Probably not, but it will probably feature crap-ass data rates and crap-ass resolution.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:12AM]

It looks like its just an adapter on the end of the lens and not a full camera change. Of course I could be wrong here, but hey its possible right?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:33AM]

Me thinks it's just a prototype lens on an actual P2 camera.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 4:34AM]

Probably much like the 3-D adapter that was already available for the DVX-100.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 2:34AM]

those twin lens pretty much seems like scary, big eyes popped out from a camera and focused directlt onto our face. anyone agrees?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 2:35AM]

so now all the lenses will double the price, damn 3d! :D

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 5:59AM]

And now the dawn of 3D porno!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 10:07AM]

I'm over this 3d thing. I saw Toy Story 1&2 in 3d last night and I still have a headache. It's a novelty and fun, but I don't like it too much. OK, it's 10000x better than shaky-cam, but still.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 4:17PM]

Yeah 3d is still just like it was 10 years ago. I saw final destination 3d and it was the worst film i've seen all year.
The effects were atrocious the depth of field was arbitrary in many parts and the CGI flames made me laugh at how crappy they were (they were literally placed at the front of the action like a see through curtain with everything else going on behind).
I came out with a minor headache and the polarising glasses are so big and heavy they kept falling off my face.

It's a lame way to combat online piracy, and one that can't die a death quick enough in my opinion.

Now obviously people want to embrace this because one day it'll be amazing and I don't want to stand in the way of technology, the trouble is it won't progress without incremental improvements, but watching 3d with current levels of technology hurts my head, my eyes and my brain. It needs to be perfect from day one when it comes to vision and that's just not possible right now.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 9:19PM]

oh, my god. It is very grotesque.