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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Lulu, who can’t seem to select a camcorder worthy of being carried around in her Fifth Pocket[TM].

“I need help! I want a small pocket camcorder but I’m not sure which one to get. I don’t want to fall into the hype of the Flip because I worry two hours won’t be enough. What should I be looking for when considering a small camcorder and where can I get a good quality one with expandable memory? Thanks!”

The pocket camcorder arena has blossomed into something of a small giant here recently, with entries from Sony, Samsung, Kodak and Creative flowing in to compete with the Ultra HD. For those of you who’ve laid down the cheddar, why not share your experiences here in order to direct Lulu to making the right choice? Surely you won’t pass on an opportunity to help a fellow nerd. Surely.

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Ask Engadget: Best pocket-sized camcorder out there? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lookie here — time for yet another HD camcorder in the quickly expanding Everio family. Launched today in the Land of the Rising Sun, the JVC Everio GZ-HM400 is a Full HD shooter with a 10.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, 2.8-inch flip-out LCD, 32GB of built-in storage, an SD / SDHC expansion slot, HDMI output, a 10x optical zoom and a fairly preposterous (in a good way) 600fps slo-mo mode, just like that ultra-sleek GZ-X900 we peeked back in March. The unit can also snap 9 megapixel still shots and hold nearly three hours of Full HD content before needing a USB-led cleansing. Indeed, this here camcorder mimics the aforesaid GZ-X900 in pretty much every way save for design, and it’s expected on Japanese store shelves early next month for ¥110,000 ($1,157).

[Via Akihabara News]

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JVC issues Everio GZ-HM400 Full HD camcorder in Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Zi6 is still fairly fresh in our memory banks, but Kodak’s already looking ahead with its newly unveiled Zi8 pocket camcorder. The Flip Ultra HD competitor boasts 1080p recording this time around, in addition to usual features like face tracking, image stabilization, a 2.5-inch LCD display, and SD card slot. YouTube uploading is back, and joining it Facebook support, too. It’ll be out in September in blue, red, and black colors for just a hair under $180.

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Kodak’s Zi8 HD pocket camcorder hits the 1080p mark, adds Facebook uploading originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With Panasonic recently announcing a 240GB camcorder, Canon has deemed this a good time to juice up the storage on its own product line with a pair of updated models. Both the HF 21 and the new flagship HF S11 double their predecessors‘ integrated memory to 64GB, with the latter also adding in a new night shooting mode and more advanced image stabilization to the mix. The expanded storage will allow up to five and a half hours of recording at the top quality settings, which pales in comparison to the 30+ hours you can get from Panasonic’s HDD-equipped beast. Other major specs, like the DIGIC DV III image processor, Full HD CMOS sensors, AVCHD format and SDHC expandability, have been left untouched. You can expect Japanese availability in early August, with the US and Europe probably joining in on the fun just as soon as the territory-specific VIXIA and Legria labels have been slapped on.

[Via Camcorder Info]

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Canon HF S11 and HF 21 AVCHD camcorders flash more memory in Japanese debut originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Step aside Flip, Samsung’s aiming its massive consumer-electronics guns directly at your point-shoot-n-upload to YouTube base. Samsung’s new HMX-U10 fixed-focus, ultra-compact camcorder takes 10 megapixel stills or 1920 x 1080 Full HD H.264 video to SDHC cards courtesy of a 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor. There’s also a 2-inch LCD so you can playback, edit, or upload your videos with help from Samsung’s built-in Intelli-studio software and USB cable, naturally. Unfortunately, Samsung makes no mention of image stabilization typically missing from these pocket camcorders. We do know, however, that it’ll ship in September for $200 with a footprint measuring 56 x 103 x 15.5-mm / 95g and that peculiarly angled lens first seen on Sammy’s HMX-R10 and SMX-C10 camcorders. So for the same price you get a bigger sensor with higher resolution from a better-looking camera that’s also smaller and lighter than the Flip UltraHD. Care to respond PureDigital Cisco? Backside pic after the break.

[Via InfoSync]

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Samsung HMX-U10 Full HD camcorder with 1-button YouTube uploads out-Ultras the Flip originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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