JVC GC-PX1 hybrid camera is a go

Concept of the JVC GC-PX1 camera was shown at CES 2011 and now it's official, the camera will be released in Japan later this month. The price is not yet announced. The GC-PX1 will have 10x optical zoom and 36Mbps 1920 × 1080/60p full HD video shooting. In 640 × 360 resolution at 300 fps the camera will be able to too record up to 2 hours of video which is considered to be an industry record.

Detailed specs:

Imaging element 1,062 1/2.3 type effective back-illuminated megapixel CMOS
Lens Equivalent 38.5-385mm (35mm equivalent size, stills) F2.8-4.5
Image Stabilization Optical
Sensitivity ISO100-6400
Shutter speed 1/2-1/4, 000 sec (manual mode video still)
LCD Monitor 230,000 dot 3 inch touch-screen (tilt)
Recording Media SDXC / SDHC / SD Memory Card

Internal memory (32GB)
Continuous shooting speed Speed: about 30 slices / sec

Medium-speed: approx 7 / second (up to 103 sheets)

Low: about 2 / sec (max unlimited)
Video Recording H.264 (1,920 × 1,080 / 60p · 36Mbps) and
Battery Lithium "BN-VF815"
Number of shots Approximately 320 pieces
External dimensions 131 × 67 × 122mm
Mass About 430g (Body)

Approximately 515g (including battery)

JVC via DCWatch