Sanyo's Xacti VPC-CS1 HD camcorder vies for 'world's smallest' title
By Ross Miller 
posted January 7th 2010 4:29AM
posted January 7th 2010 4:29AM
Working to be an even more pocketable pocket camcorder, Sanyo's shrunk the front of its latest Xacti model to measure just 1.06 inches at its widest point while still recording 1080p video. The VPC-CS1 captures in MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 and is currently undergoing official certification to support iFrame. Images tout 8 megapixels, zoom up to 10x, and storage via SDXC cards. Release date and price? Let's just say February and a penny under $300.
"iFrame is a constraint of the H.264 codec specified by Apple to ensure ease of consumer video editing.
It provides a square-pixel 16:9 image format of 960 horizontal by 540 vertical pixels, with progressive scanning at 30 frames per second"
And coincidentally that samsung transparent notebook has an OLED screen in that resolution, something's going on here.
Waterproof version of this and helmet adapter would be great
Man... I just purchased a Mino HD........... *sigh*
They say it has a new level of smallness but it's just as big as an aiptek now, so it just aligned itself to the standard.
Of course this should have way better quality though, but the size isn't so radical, it's only radical compared to their own previous efforts.
Sanyo make some pretty nice products.
I have an Xacti CA-9 (The waterproof one), and the video, while only 720p, is pretty impressive for a camera of it's size, and price.
@CJ I'm in the market for a HD pocket camcorder, and almost pulled the trigger on the Xacti CA-9 a few weeks ago. But knowing CES was coming up, I had to wait a see the new Sanyo models.No word on an updated water-resistant model yet, though.
I love Sanyo Xacti cameras and have purchased multiple ones over the last 5+ years... However, this is not a true 8MP camera. According to Sanyo's website, the "Approximately 3-megapixel images received from the image sensor are enhanced and recorded as 8-megapixel images."
I purchase my Xacti last summer (CA-10) its so-so. The bad thing about it is that it does not have any hardware stabilization and this is very important, especially if your zooming in on things. If it would have proper stabilization than I would be satisfied. I'm even sure that the new versions of this camera don't have it either. Kind of sad.