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NEX Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
Sunday, July 25, 2010 - Anuradha Menon
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Using Sony's recently launched E-mount lens range for its NEX still cameras, the NEX-VG10 promises to be the first consumer camcorder on the market to support lens swapping.It doesn't take a genius to guess that the first relatively mainstream large-sensor camcorder would come from one of the big three manufacturers of both cameras and camcorders: Sony, Panasonic or Canon. And it looks as if Sony's going to cross the finish line first, in September, with its Handycam NEX-VG10. The VG10 is based around the same sensor and lens system as its Alpha namesakes, the NEX-5 and NEX-3, but in a body designed for prosumer/entry-level.
Though Panasonic, too, announced an interchangeable-lens camcorder a few months ago, the company provided very little information about it. Even the preliminary brochure (PDF) posted on Panasonic's site fails to illuminate. There's enough detail to figure out that the AG-AF100 is targeted at professionals more than Sony's — it has stereo XLR mic inputs and an SDI connector, plus a broader selection of resolution and frame rate options — but without even a ballpark price you can't make any meaningful comments about it. Plus, it's not slated to ship till the end of the year. The 18-200mm lens is new and uses the same optical stabilisation technology as Sony's camcorder optical SteadyShot including Active mode. Like the other NEX lenses, it uses electromagnetic iris and focus activation in order to remain silent while recording. The lens will be available as a stand-alone for use with NEX still cameras.
(Source: Gizmag, CNET)
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