Panasonic has been listening.
Finally a real video camera that is backpaker friendly. Water proof down to 5 feet,shockproof to 4 feet, SD recording (the zoom is the only moving part) 10x optical zoom, 1 1/6" CCD (same as most entry to mid level domestic type camcorders) palm sized, about 8 oz inc battery. MPEG2 recording (standard definition, 30FPS/640x480 in the NTSC format) $399 RRP (+/- $350 street price)


http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/sto...052008073022075
Franco