The bane of every digital camcorder owner's existence is hand fatigue. No matter how compact a digital camcorder is, the heft makes documenting your kid's school play considerably less appealing.

Sony and Panasonic have announced the specs for a new high-def consumer camcorder standard using mini (8cm) DVDs, rather than the Mini-DV tape used by the HDV camcorder standard launched in late 1994.

Here's another take on the Panasonic AJ-PX270, a camera that Redshark News contributor Barry Braverman called "a broadcast camera in the palm of your hand." In this video review, Matthew Abourezk ...