Panasonic announces Camcorders and Compact-Sized HD models Pricing

Panasonic announces pricing for its compact High Definition models the HDC-TM55, HDC-HS60 and HDC-SD60, and its full-featured standard definition camcorders, the SDR-H85, SDR-T50, SDR-S50. All six models will be available in mid-March 2010.

The Panasonic full-HD camcorders will be available for suggested retail prices of $529.95 for the HDC-TM55 $699.95 for the HDC-HS60 and $499.95 for the HDC-SD60.The three Panasonic HD camcorders feature a 35.7mm wide-angle lens and a powerful 25x optical zoom. And with Panasonic’s new Intelligent Zoom feature, the new HD camcorders can extend to a 35x zoom.

Panasonic’s standard definition camcorders will have SRPs of $349.95 for the SDR-H85 $269.95 for the SDR-T50 and $249.95 for the SDR-S50. These camcorders may be small in size, but they have impressive features a 33mm wide-angle and a long, powerful 78x ultra zoom  giving them remarkable range for capturing video both far and wide.

Panasonic’s new camcorder models are packed with enhanced features to help make shooting quality video easy, including the new Active mode for the Advanced O.I.S.helping to suppress blur even if the user is moving and when the long zooms are extended. Like the HD camcorder models, these models all record to SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Cards.  Additionally, the SDR-H85 has an 80 GB hard disk drive, and the SDR-T50 has 4 GB of built-in memory.