handheld AG-HMC150 camcorder

Panasonic’s handheld AG-HMC150 camcorder builds on the success of the DV tape-based, standard definition AG-DVX100. With a range of professional-level features and a sleek, compact design, the HMC150 can record hours of high-quality 1080 and 720 HD images onto solid-state SD and SDHC memory cards at lower bit rates than current HDV compression formats, and offers an enhanced quality mode at average 21 Mbps (Max 24Mbps). The camcorder also utilizes AVCHD, doubling the bandwidth efficiency and improved video performance over the older MPEG-2 compression used in HDV formats and standard definition DVD players.