Panasonic Awesome HDC-Z10000 3-D Camcorder

[Lon]

Video buffs this is the new, high end 3-D Camcorder from Panasonic. The Panasonic HDC-Z10000 camcorder promises excellent 3D macro capabilities, 1080p video in both 2D and 3D, and wide-aperture F1.5 lenses.

Panasonic today announced a high-end 3D camcorder that will be the first 3D camcorder to use the AVCHD Progressive video format (albeit in in 2D capture mode). The dual-lens, six-sensor Panasonic HDC-Z10000 will offer 1080p/60fps recording, full manual focus and iris controls, high-end audio options, and manual controls to adjust the convergence point of the lenses during 3D capture.

The new Panasonic camcorder packs in a pair of the company's 3MOS sensors--each clusters of three 1/4.1-inch CMOS sensors that process red, blue, and green light separately--tucked behind two F1.5, 12X-optical-zoom lenses (32mm to 384mm); in 3D mode, optical zoom is limited to 10X. In 2D mode, the HDC-Z10000 also offers slightly more powerful optical stabilization, although optical stabilization can be employed in both recording settings.

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[prowler]

Looks like a nice camera and all.. But not sure i want to know the price of it.. lol

[Lon]

I'm guessing close to 6k.

[allrock123]

If you look at how the 3D cameras James Cameron used in Avatar (and of course other films as well) work, you will see they all use a beam spliter to allow a huge range of Convergence adjustment (convergence adjusts where the cameras eyes convererge on which object in a 3D space) consumer side by side lens cameras have a fixed distance issue here that limits the creative options the camera operater can do. of course cost plays a huge role in this , but if you cant achive natural convergence trying to view 3D is a stressfull experence as the image seen does not propery "add up" to what our brain expects,of course your brain "trys to fix this" by adjusting your eyes and it cant, look into how the camara system JC created works and how consumer 3D hardware differs, of course it must be something one can afford, and that will happen in time if the format becomes populer , There is definite learning process to shoot with a 3D camcoder and a set of rules all 3D videographers must follow. This video is just an example and no consumer hardware is this advanced (yet)