Canon jumps onto AVCHD video format
May 29, 2007 News

Starting this August Japanese photo and video giant Canon will be joinig Panasonic and Sony in their latest efforts to promote a new video standard called AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition). Canon’s first camcorder using the high-definition video standard will be called HR-10. The new cam that will be recording digital video clips on MiniDVDs will be featuring a 10x zoom and a 2.7 Megapixel camera for still photos is expected to be much smaller then competitors in this class. Some Insiders even compare the new Canon cam to Sony’s newest super small HDR-CX6 camera series.




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