Panasonic announces a 3D camcorder

JAPANESE MANUFACTURER Panasonic has unveiled a camcorder that captures full HD 3D videos.

It seems that consumer electronics makers have gone into depth perception overdrive. Panasonic already has 3D plasma TVs and 3D Blu-ray players and now it is adding the HDC-SDT750 camcorder to its list.

Panasonic's magic trick is pretty simple. In essence, the HDC-SDT750 is a 2D camcorder but its 3D capability comes courtesy of a conversion lens. It allows anyone to create 3D images by attaching the conversion lens that comes with the camcorder.

The camcorder has an effective motion image pixel count of 7,590,000 pixels and it records in 1080p at 60Hz for NTSC or 50Hz for PAL5 for US and European punters.

It has noise reduction technology to enhance dim images in low-light conditions and an optical image stabiliser. The HDC-SDT750 also has a ring for manual shooting options.

There's no price listed yet but Panasonic suggests combining the 3D camcorder with its 3D TV and 3D Blu-ray player so you can have all of your entertainment as well as family memories in 3D. By our calculations that's going to be expensive.

The HDC-SDT750 camcorder is coming out on 20 August in Japan first and will be rolled out to other countries this autumn. µ