Canon today can give it self a pat on the back as it was able to successfully launch its first compact seize HD video camera. This new video camera is pretty unique and will surely get a lot of takers because of its HD CMOS sensor with its impressive resolution of 1920x1080. The HV10 has a 1/2.7 type cmos with 2.96Mpix, which will assure superb picture quality according to Canon.The Canon HV10 also has what Canon calls Instant Auto Focus which is much superior to the plain old AF systems according to Canon. Canon claims that this is one much faster and accurate and there is a Super-Range Optical Image Stabilization too! It can also take still images in 3.1-megapixel resolution which can be stored on a Mini-SD card. No word on availability but the iVIS HV100 should around 1000.00 EUR.