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.