Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10

Product Tour Summary
• f/3.5 aperture lens with 5x optical zoom • 1/2.33-inch CMOS sensor with gross pixel count of 10,660,000 • Unique upright, pistol-grip design is more comfortable to hold than most ultra compacts • Comes in black, pink, and ivory • Microphone is curiously positioned on the back of the LCD panel
	Introduction	(Page 2 of 17)	Colour & Noise Performance

Lens & Imaging System

The small, f/3.5 lens has no filter threads or built-in lens cover.

The Sanyo VPC-CG10 is manufactured with the same lens as last year's VPC-CG9 from Sanyo. You still won't find any filter threads surrounding the lens, nor an automatic lens enclosure. There is, however, a hard rubber cap that you can attach to the camcorder with a fine cord tether and cap to snap over the lens. The 1/2.33-inch sensor is the same size as the CG9's but this year's model has received an upgrade in resolution. The 9.1-megapixel sensor is now 10.66 megapixels. In theory, this should result in sharper still images and sharper video.

Front

f/3.5 - f/3.7 lens with a 5x optical zoom
Flash for still photos

Right

	Behind this large, plastic cover is the DB-L80 rechargeable battery

Back

				The zoom lever is okay, but not as good as a top-mounted zoom control
				Video record on/off
	Still photo button
				Playback button
	Joystick
				Menu button
	SD/SDHC card slot

Left

	A 2.7-inch LCD. Unlike most camcorders, there's not much hidden behind the LCD panel, just the power on/off button.
		Stereo microphone. Playback speaker is on the reverse side.

Top

	A screw. Seriously, there's nothing on the top of this camcorder

Bottom

	Tripod mount	Combined USB/AV port