Via Ars Technica kwam ik bij dit artikel van Digital Photography Review over de Hitachi DZ-MV100 DVD-RAM camcorder. De DZ-MV100 beschikt over een 1,1 megapixel CCD en een 12X zoom lens. Films worden in MPEG-2 formaat opgeslagen op een 8cm DVD-RAM schijfje met een capaciteit van 2,92GB. Naast het verwerken van bewegende beelden kan de camera ook foto's opslaan in een resolutie van 1280 bij 960 pixels:
Not strictly digital photography news, but more interesting is the technology used and it's possibilities. Hitachi announced (back in June actually) the DZ-MV100 as a first of a kind DVD-RAM camcorder, features a 1.1 megapixel CCD has a 12x optical zoom lens and records in MPEG-2 format directly onto 8 cm 2.92 GB DVD-RAM discs it's also capable of 1280 x 960 stills recorded in JPEG format and has USB connectivity. Interesting technology when viewed alongside Sony's recent announcement of the MVC-CD1000 and interesting potential in a "Wallet" type device.
Looks like we're going to be seeing more and more portable CD-R, CD-RW and DVD-RAM devices exploiting smaller disc formats, while I'm not sure they have a place inside a digital still camera they are certainly the way forward for digital video and I'd like to see the technology implemented in a device similar to the Digital Wallet we've heard so much about recently.