Samsung MX20 YouTube & iPod Friendly Compact Camcorder [Direct H.264 Video To SD Camcorder]

Samsung have detailed their new MX20 compact camcorder which, whilst
lacking HD quality capture, does sport the ability to record footage in
H.264 codec format directly to SD memory cards meaning that not only can
the MX20 store up to an impressive 4 hours of footage to an 8GB SD card
(or 8hrs to a 16GB card) but that videos can be uploaded directly to
iPods or YouTube without conversion with the MX20's built-in Web &
Mobile function serving additionally to automatically adjust resolution
to 640×480 VGA mode.

Introduced by Sang Ryong Kim, Senior Vice President of the Camcorder
Business Team at Samsung Electronics, who states 'The MX20 is the
next-generation camcorder engineered for people who want to capture more
vivid memories and easily share them on multimedia devices and the
internet' the MX20 comes with a high-performance 680K-pixel CCD sensor
paired with an impressive 34x optical zoom Schneider lens, 3-D noise
reduction technology ensuring 'smooth video' and Samsung's edge filter
technology for ' stunning video details and clarity, and color control
technology for original and natural colors'.Further highlights include
Hyper Digital Image Stabilization, advanced face detection capable of
locking onto up to five faces in any one scene and iCheck and iScene
modes offering an indication as to battery life and memory capacity
(without powering up the camcorder) and 10 automatic scene modes
respectively.

The Samsung MX20 will become available from September in Japan for an as
yet unknown price point and, with a bit of luck, will see a wider
international release sometime thereafter.