Unlike conventional 3D rigs using twin cameras, and requiring constant adjustment of convergence, the Panasonic camcorder is self-calibrating, making it faster and simpler to use, and also has major portability advantages, in that the main unit only weighs 2.8kg.
Interestingly the $9900 (£6500) monitor, which goes on sale in September, doesn't use the active-shutter technology being employed in Panasonic's consumer-use 3D TVs (not to mention not being a plasma).
Instead it has a polarising filter fitted over the screen, and comes complete with two pairs of passive glasses.
Andrew has written about audio and video products for the past 20+ years, and been a consumer journalist for more than 30 years, starting his career on camera magazines. Andrew has contributed to titles including What Hi-Fi?, Gramophone, Jazzwise and Hi-Fi Critic, Hi-Fi News & Record Review and Hi-Fi Choice. I’ve also written for a number of non-specialist and overseas magazines.
