Approved IPX8, the Sanyo Xacti CA100 calmly lets down underwater to a depth of 3m. This year we have seen many cameras with HD video recording tight track pioneers in this field that were the Olympus Mju Tough-6010 or Tough-8010 or with his Pentax WP90-sealed (under 6m water). Sanyo remains faithful to its Xacti range, format handheld camcorder compact articulated screen.
Hybride, the Sanyo Xacti CA100 can both take pictures and shoot 14-megapixel HD video in Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels at a rate of 30p or 60i. Encoded in MPEG-4 with H.264, you can store four hours of full HD video quality on a 32GB memory card. Moreover, the Sanyo Xacti CA100 accepts SD, SDHC or SDXC, the new standard that we are promised that one day reach 2 TB of storage space. Note that this hybrid camcorder is also compatible with the Eye-Fi cards. Finally, the dual function allows shot, when recording video, taking pictures on the fly without interrupting the movie. Naturally, the CA100 is a Sanyo camcorder YouTube Friendly “.
Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA100
With a 5x zoom in picture 38-190mm equivalent with a wide-angle position is too narrow compared to what is done today (28mm is a minimum), video is a two-position zoom more restrictive: wide-angle 12x. Its screen is articulated very significant, just as his mini-HDMI output for viewing photos / videos on HD display or its compatibility with the Eye-Fi cards.
The Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA100 will be launched in some country in this month in three colors, pink, yellow and black. We had discovered some time ago in Japan as the features of the Xacti DMC-CA100. It will be priced at 349 euros TTC and its buyers will appreciate that the Sanyo guarantees over a period of 3 years.
Key features of the Sanyo Xacti CA100
• Waterproof up to 3m (IPX8).
• 14 MP CMOS
• Video Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels, 30p or 60i)
• Photo 14 megapixels
• 5x optical zoom (camera mode) or 38-190 (but not stabilized)
• Zoom range dual x12 (Video mode)
• Function Dual Shot (taking photos on the fly during video recording)
• Face recognition
• TFT LCD Screen articulated 2.7 ”
• Mini-HDMI Output
• Compatible with cards and Eye-Fi SDXC
• Dimensions: 92 x 41 x 123mm (WxDxH)
• Weight: about 242 grams
• Lithium-ion
• Rechargeable via USB cable and sector
• Compatible with Windows 7 and You Tube
