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New cameras do double duty
While in a particular mode, JVC's Everio GZ-MC100, starting at about $950, will stop shooting video momentarily--dropping in speed about nine frames from the usual 30 frames per second--to take a 2-megapixel picture. A 5-megapixel version of the camera is due to come out later this year.
Credit: JVC
But convergence is inevitable and Sony just HATES it. Their Camcorder biz ($$$$) is going to transmogrify (word o' the day) into something less profitable.