New Panasonic AVCHD camcorders
 

Here’s the page of one of the camcorders.

Yahoo translation:
TM300|Digital hi-vision video camera|Digital video camera|Panasonic

Google Translation:
Translated version of http://panasonic.jp/dvc/tm300/index.html


Main page with all the camcorders:
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The chips are as big as the SD1 and SD3 and the resolution is significantly higher which should make the camcorder as sharp as the Canon HF S10 but it appears that the bit rate is only 17MBPS. At least it’s got a focusing ring like Panasonic's last camcorders.

Here’s the press release:
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...72009015842886

Watch.Impress review
 

Original Japanese:
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English Translated:
Translated version of http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs//20090218/zooma399.htm

Here is another one, this one is a lot easier to understand
They seem to like it a lot

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