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A review of the Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2 camcorder has been posted over at PC Magazine. 'Unlike last year's model, the HD2 lets you store video on SD and SDHC memory cards. Video is encoded as an MPEG-4 file, to keep file sizes small. So, if you're using a 2GB memory card and capturing video at the highest quality setting, you'll be able to store about a half-hour of video (28.5 minutes, to be more exact). For still images, you can capture almost 600 7MP stills (at the highest quality setting) on a 2GB memory card. Although you can choose a 10MP setting for stills, I would avoid doing so because the camera uses interpolation to get larger file siz

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Cliff Smith has reviewed the "easy to Use" Sanyo Xacti VPC-C6 "hybrid still/HD video camera" over at Trusted Reviews. 'Sanyo hi-fi systems, perhaps unfairly, have a reputation for being a bit cheap and nasty, so it’s surprising to see the same brand name on this beautifully designed and well engineered product. The C6 looks like it’s been stolen from the set of a particularly stylish high-budget sci-fi movie. The temptation to flip the screen open, tap a few buttons and say “beam me up, Scotty”, or wave it over someone while making Tricorder noises, is almost irresistible. Or maybe that’s just me… [nope... I’d do that too.. ed.]

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Dennis Hissink over at Lets Go Digital.org previews the soon-to-be-released Sanyo Xacti CA6 digital camera. 'The stylish Sanyo CA6 is "protected from splash in all directions," conforming to the IEC international IPX4 standard. Splash-proof water resistance makes it practical to point and shoot even around the pool or at the beach. The Sanyo CA6 is also rugged enough to safely take photos or shoot video with wet hands while fishing, hiking, boating, skiing or enjoying many other outdoor leisure activities. While remarkably water resistant, the Sanyo Xacti CA6 should never be immersed in water. Ergonomically designed for convenient, one-handed operation, the CA6 digital media camera records both 640 x 480 resolution MPEG-4 video and 6-megapixel digital still images to a standard SD or SDHC flash memory card.'

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Engadget reports on Sanyo's announcement of its soon-to-be launched digital cameras. 'The E60 (no, not that E60) is just your standard 6 megapixel, 3-inch display, touch-sensor shooter; don't expect much more from the S60, an even lower-end standard issue 6 megapixel, 2.5-inch display camera. ' LetsGoDigital is more gracious in its reporting of the two devices. 'The new Sanyo Xacti E60 is a stylish designed compact camera with a resolution of 6 Megapixel and an impressive large 3-inch (7.32 cm) LCD display. Besides the Touch sensor, that is in fact a short-cut to focus faster on a subject, the Sanyo E60 features an integrated image stabilizer. Additionally the Sanyo Xacti S60 features a built-in red-eye correction which enables in-camera correction of red eye effect. The Sanyo Xacti E60 camera records the digital images or VGA videos on a Secure Digital card or on the built-in 32MB memory.'

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