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With a name like Hitachi Mobile Hi-Vision Cam Woo, we can't help but be interested with what this can offer you. It does record video in 720p resolution (although it isn't the first), and also packs in a 5-megapixel sensor, HDMI interface and a microSDHC memory card slot that ought to last you some ways before it runs out of memory (or battery). Apparently, the Hitachi Mobile Hi-Vision Cam Woo will be out in Japan this Monday on KDDI, although we're willing to bet our bottom dollar that this will never make its way across the Pacific.

The company behind the video camera that is promising to revolutionise documentary and movie film making has said that it is shipping its first 25 units out into the industry this Friday. Costing a cost $17,000, the Red One will have an 11.4 megapixel sensor and be capable of capturing up to 60 frames per second. Typical high-end HD camcorders have 2.1MP sensors and record video at up to 30fps. What's also revolutionary about the high-end camera is that it is modular based allowing you to add different rigs, lenses and a stack of other stuff on as you need it including the ability to shoot in a lower quality if the ultra high def isn't required. Currently, this camera is already being used by film directors such as Peter Jackson and Steven Soderbergh.

Any Tom, Dick, and Harry can be seen on YouTube, but if you want to draw in the audience, you had better do something that will captivate everyone's attention - and this is where the mi VDO FX digital video camera comes in handy. It allows you to jazz up your home-grown production with up to 18 built-in special effects (presumably similar to those found on most modern digital cameras). After all, watching a video shot with a negative filter is definitely more impressive than an ordinary version. Other features include the ability to record directly from a digital audio player during filming, on-the-fly editing, 4x digital zoom, an SD memory card slot (up to 2GB), and an 1.5" color LCD display.