Photography buffs can now queue up outside electronic stores to purchase new eye-catching and striking cameras. Sanyo releases three new dual cameras namely VPC-GH2, VPC-CG102, and VPC-CG20. The devices are available with Full High Definition 1080 60i (1920×1080) video and up to 14MP photo facility.
These dual cameras claim to deliver style, performance and value. With these new inclusions, users are offered a suitable means to arrest both videos and images, be it in everyday life or special occasions. The new dual cameras sport fashionable smooth designs that may be effortless to hold and compact for ultra-portability. The CG102 and GH2 are available in black and silver respectively. Moreover, the CG20 come in 2 colors namely silver and black. They can be taken anywhere since thye is small enough to be carried in a pocket.
Tom Van Voy, General Manager of the Consumer Products Group for Sanyo North America, commented, “Ultra-portability coupled with Full HD videos and high quality photos in one camera make them perfect for capturing life as it happens. Sanyo’s new dual cameras deliver a number of next generation features at an incredibility affordable price. Consumers are going to be blown away.â€
The devices can record Full HD 1080 60i videos and up to 14MP high resolution still images, which can be stored to SD, SDHC or ultra-high facility SDXC i.e. from 64GB to 2TB memory cards. Sanyo developed a novel, tiny high-speed image-processing engine that can add to the decrease in size of these new cameras. All the devices encompass functions like face chaser and target a color.
The GH2 and CG102 comprise of an innovative ‘double-range zoom’, which can merge both wide-angle as well as telephoto zoom for videos. It is said to be switchable at the touch of a button, thus enabling up to 12x double-range zoom. This attribute facilitates users to exchange between different zoom ranges. In 35-mm film principles, this appears to equal a video capture range from wide-angle 40mm up to a 12x zoom of 480 mm, thereby enabling it to be effortless for anybody to zoom in on far-away subjects with just a touch of one-button. The CG20 encompasses 5x optical zoom lens.
The three devices are all quite user-friendly as they are thumb-operable to facilitate effortless, one-handed operation. The GH2 includes dual-position recording buttons that can let videos or images to be arrested from the back or the front of the camera, which enables shooting lower angles to be more suitable.
These cameras are claimed to be superior, ultra-convenient solution for recording and sharing digital video and pictures. Putting up images and videos to the Web can be rapid and simple since the cameras record in formats optimized for immediately sharing on websites such as YouTube, Facebook and others.
MPEG4, AVC/H.264 formats are used for the shooting of videos. Also one can record the audio and video as one file, thereby erasing the requirement for a special software to use on a PC, and facilitating effortless importing, editing and viewing on PCs operating Windows 7 and Windows Live Movie Maker. The imported or edited video can also simply be applied to augment business presentations, thereby enabling them to be more effectual.
The dual cameras, VPC-GH2 and VPC-CG102 can be purchased for $229 (approx Rs. 10,718) and the VPC-CG20 carries a price tag of $199 (approx Rs. 9,314). The three cameras are scheduled to hit the stores from March 2010.
