Canon jumps onto AVCHD video format
Starting this August Japanese photo and video giant Canon will be joinig Panasonic and Sony in their latest efforts to promote a new video standard called AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition). Canon’s first camcorder using the high-definition video standard will be called HR-10. The new cam that will be recording digital video clips on MiniDVDs will be featuring a 10x zoom and a 2.7 Megapixel camera for still photos is expected to be much smaller then competitors in this class. Some Insiders even compare the new Canon cam to Sony’s newest super small HDR-CX6 camera series.