(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 19, 2011 ) Chicago, IL -- According to the creator of http://3d-videocamera.org/, the last 12 months has seen the camcorder market has being invaded by different models of 3D camcorders. The Panasonic HDC-SDT750 3D camcorder is considered to be the worldÂ’s first consumer level 3D video camera. It was released in Summer/Fall of 2010. Being a 3D capable HD video camera, the price tag was close to $1,400 making it a little too expensive for the average videographer.
According to Kevin James, the webmaster of the above website, 2011 has seen the release of two other major
There are a variety of 3D camcorders available in the market. Their prices range from around $150 to
3D camcorders – one from Sony and the other from JVC. Sony released their first consumer level Double Full HD 3D camcorder, the Sony HDR-TD10 HD camcorder in the spring of 2011. The HDR-TD10 was able to address some of the deficiencies the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 had. For example, the 12X optical zoom of the HDC-SDT750 only worked while recording in 2D. There was no optical zoom while shooting 3D video. The Sony HDR-TD10 on the other hand had a built-in optical zoom of 10X in the 3D mode. “This was a huge plus point about the HDR-TD10” says Kevin.
JVC also released their JCV GS-TD1 3D HD video camera around the same time the Sony HDR-TD10 was released. Both these 3D camcorder models were priced around $1,500. The JVC GS-TD1 also had built-in optical zoom in 3D mode. In comparison to the 10x optical zoom of the HDR-TD10, the GS-TD1 had a 5X optical zoom in 3D mode.
According to Kevin, the section most visited by their readers is http://3d-videocamera.org/3d-camcorder-review/ which is dedicated to comparing the most popular 3D video cameras in the market indicating that people are not prepared to spend 4 figures on a video camera without doing some thorough research.