News: JVC Grows HD Video

Another high definition video camera has been added to JVC‘s Everio linup for 2010, with the GZ-HM340 featuring 16GB of internal flash memory plus an SD/SDHC card slot.

The new handycam claims to offer better low light performance and image stabilisation capabilities, along with fancy features like ‘auto record,’ which automatically initiates recording when a person or other moving subject enters the picture and the luminance changes.

20x optical zoom is achieved via the GZ-HM340′s Konica Minolta HD lens, one of the world’s slimmest, and uses a 1/5.8″ 1.37 Megapixel CMOS Sensor.

No word yet on local release dates, but keep watching TONE for details.

UPDATE – JVC has informed TONE that the GZ-HM340 line will not be available in New Zealand, but the company plans to release its range of local models in the near future.