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DCR-HC1000

As you can see, the DCR-HC1000 isn't a camera, it is a camcorder. A 3 CCD camcorder. Robin Liss reported early last week on Sony Japan's release of the DCR-HC1000 at 176,000 yen, or approximately $1,554.50 as of about now. 3 CCD camcorders (and cameras for that matter) have three imaging sensors, one each for red, green and blue allowing for much richer, vibrant and accurate colors. Each imaging sensor on the DCR-HC1000 is a "1/4.7 in. 1070K pixel CCD, with 690K effective pixels for video". Incidentally, these are the same CCDs as the ones in the DCR-TRV950. Here's the brief press release.