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New Canon HD Camcorder unveiled in Tokyo this week

It sure is nice to be back in the NW. I have a few more days off at home with Lorraine which is just as good as vacation for me. And, I see the front office boys in Longview already have some runs scheduled for me this week through St Helens, so I'll be seein' y'all soon.
In the meantime, I've been perusing the internets and found this new Hi-Def DVD Camcorder.
Oh please, PLEASE Santa! Bring me one for Christmas! ;)
-Tom

TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc. unveiled a digital video camera for home users on Wednesday that can record high-definition movies.

Canon, the world's largest maker of digital cameras, said the HV10, its first high-definition video model for home use, will be available globally from September. It will be priced at around 150,000 yen ($1,310) in Japan.

"The market for high-definition camcorders isn't saturated yet, so the two companies can have a healthy competition," said John Yang, an analyst from Standard & Poors.

"They still have the challenge to spur demand for such high-end products in the mass market."

Canon said it expects to win a 20 percent share of the Japanese market for home-use digital video cameras this autumn, helped by sales of new models. It estimates the market for high-definition models will jump to 250,000 units in 2006 from 70,000 last year.

The Canon video camera launched on Wednesday is the first to be fitted with its CMOS imaging sensor, a technology adopted from its best-selling digital single-lens reflex cameras.