Canon, one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies today made an announcement in the press that it is going to launch its new mid-level DC22 DVD camcorder. The DC-22 leads the pack of three second generation DVD (-R/-RW/-R Dual Layer) camcorders making a jump straight into the HD camcorder market.The DC-22 is a compact DVD cacmorder which include cutting edge features to provide consumers with an affordable, high-quality solution for recording. The DC-22 features a whopping 10x Optical zoom, which is Genuine 10X Canon zoom lens, 2.2 Megapixel CCD Image Sensor with RGB Primary Color Filter, Widescreen HR (high resolution) recording and large 2.7-inch Widescreen LCD. The camcorder can read all DVD-R/-RW DVD discs and can store up to 60 minutes of video and are compatible with many home DVD players, both old and new.Also with the DVD media, it has an additional layer that allows the camcorder to almost double the recording time without replacing or flipping the DVD. Verbatim's innovative VideoGard protection also helps the cause and ensures storage of quality videos for many years to come. With already a tag of "world's smallest and lightest DVD camcorders" up its sleev, the DC-22 is wort a buy. Take a glance at the extended entry for the press release.