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Here's the Sanyo Xacti E1, the world's first waterproof camcorder. You're not going to be taking this $500 camcorder scuba diving, because it can only be taken down to a depth of about 5 feet for an hour at a time, but still, you're not going to need a bulky underwater housing to take this 4.4-inch-tall, 8.3-ounce package in the pool. It shoots standard definition H.264 MPEG-4 video onto an SD or SDHC memory card, and compresses it so efficiently that can fit 10 hours a 640x480 video at 30 frames per second on an 8GB card. It can also take 6-megapixel JPEG stills, and can even capture those pics at the same time you're shooting video.
MSRP $500.00
Release date June, 2007
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- Waterproof: submersible to a depth of five feet for 60 minutes
- No separate, bulky underwater housing required
- Shoots high-quality video (advanced MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 at 640 x 480 pixels/30fps)
- Takes 6-megapixel stills (JPEG format)
- Records onto an SD memory card or high-capacity SDHC card (not included)
- Bright, 2.5-inch LCD color display flips out and rotates for easy viewing
- 5x optical zoom for great close-ups
- Anti-shake digital image stabilizer*8
- Easy, one-handed operation
- While recording video, 6-megapixel still images may also be taken simultaneously
- Utilizing the 16:9 widescreen (4.4M: 2816 x 1584 pixel) photo setting, users can enjoy their high resolution photos on their high-definition televisions in full screen mode
- In "Portrait Mode" pictures can be taken in portrait style without manually rotating the camera to its side
- Set focal distance to one of 16 steps with "Manual Focus"
- Super-macro function able to zoom in up to 1cm (when using wide-angle)
- "Digital Red-eye reduction" function automatically reduces red-eye from images
- Easily upload video and images to a PC or Mac for playback or share online with friends
- Smooth playback on television with 60 frames per second
- "Quick stand-by" makes it possible to start recording or playback immediately after the monitor is flipped open
- Dimensions: 2.8 x 4.4 x 1.6 (W x H x D, in inches)
- Weight: 8.3 oz. with battery and SD or SDHC memory card
- Comes in a choice of Blue, Yellow or White
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MSRP $440.00
Released May, 2008
Pros
- Fully waterproof; shoot underwater
- 8 megapixel CMOS for shooting stills
- Very small
Cons
- Only shoots at 640 x 480
- Can only shoot underwater up to 1.5 meters deep
- Only 44 MB of built-in memory
Sanyo Xacti E1
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Reviews
May 22, 2007
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Pros
- waterproof out of the box
Cons
- can't go too deep underwater
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September 4, 2009
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- Only records in SD. No HD.
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June 8, 2008
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- waterproof out of the box
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