Digital Home Thoughts: Sanyo Announces 8MP Xacti VPC-J4 Camera (4MP CCD)

"Sanyo has recently announced its Xacti VPC-J4. The Xacti J4 has a 4 megapixel CCD that outputs 8 megapixel interpolated images, and a bright, 2.8x inner optical zoom lens (F2.7) achieves high-speed zooming in around 1.5 seconds. The Xacti J4 records VGA-size (640 x 480) video clips at 30 fps with simultaneous audio, for viewing quality equivalent to that of DVD. Another Xacti J4 advantage is the ability to use the zoom while shooting video clips."

This looks like a really nifty producy with the 8MP and the 4MP CCD. The dimensions don't looks too bad either. And apparently the Xacti J4 starts up fast, because it has an inner zoom lens. FYI, it takes SD cards. Pricing information is unavailable AFAICT.