It may not be a pro-level cam, but at least it is not trying to burn discs with the footage you are taking. Still, outside of the brand, I am not all that impressed with the SDR-S100.

Today, Panasonic announced the world’s first 3 CCD SD (secure digital) recording camcorder, the SDR-S100. Calling it “a genuine video camera,” Panasonic is adding legitimacy to the flash media camcorder market. The new camcorder includes a 2GB SD card for recording MPEG2 video and features 3.1 megapixel stills.

The SDR-S100 features three 1/6-in. CCDs. Each CCD has 800K gross pixels with 640K effective pixels per CCD in 4:3 mode and 540K effective pixels per CCD in 16:9 mode. The new camcorder features a 10x optical zoom and Panasonic’s Optical Image Stabilization. Billed as a take anywhere rugged camcorder, the model is extremely small, measuring just 49.9 mm x 96.7 mm x 80.4 mm and weighing just 242 grams. The camcorder weighs less than half of the PV-GS250, a similar Panasonic MiniDV model. [Read the rest]