Panasonic’s HDC-Z10000 Camcorder named as CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Award Honoree

The HDC-Z10000 is Panasonic’s first integrated twin-lens 2D/3D camcorder that is fully compatible with the AVCHD 3D/Progressive standard. The HDC-Z10000 builds on Panasonic’s 3D innovations, having the closest 3D video macro setting with a twin-lens 3D camcorder at approximately 17.8 inches. With this industry-best macro setting, the Panasonic HDC-Z10000 helps capture 3D video that is typically difficult to shoot, such as of flowers, animals and jewelry.

New to Panasonic’s 3D-capable camcorders, the HDC-Z10000 features a 1,152,000-dot, 3.5-inch LCD that appears 3D to the naked eye – no 3D eyewear needed. By using a parallax barrier to control the direction of the light from the LCD, images with slightly different perceptions are viewed by the right and left eyes, thus creating a 3D effect.  The user can check 3D images while shooting, without having to connect a monitor. Naturally, the display can also be switched between 2D and 3D.

Furthering its technical excellence, the HDC-Z10000 features Panasonic’s Double 3MOS System, which produces superb color and detail reproduction. Featuring two high-sensitivity 3MOS sensors (with an effective pixel count of 6.57 megapixels each) that are independently mounted left and right, the Double 3MOS system creates outstanding full HD 3D video content.  This full HD 3D video content can be viewed on any Panasonic Viera 3D TV as well.

The prestigious Innovations Design and Engineering Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The Best of Innovations honor is awarded to the products with the highest judges’ scores; Honorees’ products will be featured in the Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase at the 2012 International CES.