Panasonic Full HD 3D camcorder






Shooting in 3D has traditionally required a complex, bulky and fragile rig using two

cameras and additional hardware to calibrate and adjust them. Panasonic's

straight-forwardly-named Twin-lens Full HD 3D camcorder looks to radically change the

3D game, with integrated lenses and dual memory card slots allowing you to capture 3D

footage immediately, with just one device.

The camcorder records onto inexpensive SDHC/SD memory cards, thankfully abandoning the

P2 system used for its concept 3D camera, and the outrageously expensive P2 memory

cards along with it.

While it's far cheaper than building your own 3D rig, the SRP of US$21,000 means we're

not likely to see the next breakout indie film in 3D, but given the drop in price (and

jump in video capabilities) between Canon's 5D Mark II and subsequent 7D, who knows

what'll happen over the next couple of years.

The Twin-lens Full HD 3D camcorder will be available in Q4 2010, and Panasonic plans to

release a 3D Full HD LCD monitor for use in the field, and a digital mixer for live 3D

broadcasting shortly after.