Those of you disappointed that you might not see the just announced Panasonic SDR-S200 in the U.S. anytime soon can come out of your corners and wipe the tears off your faces. Panasonic has announced the U.S. version of their new SDHC compatible camcorder, the SDR-S150.

The stats are the same: three 1/6″ CCDs, 10x optical zoom, 2.8″ widescreen LCD, etc. Recording can be set at 2.5 Mbps, 5 Mbps, or 10 Mbps, allowing between 52 minutes and 3.3 hours of recording time. The Panasonic SDR-S150 can also be used as a webcam, albeit a very expensive webcam.

A 2GB SD card will be included with the S150, but no price has been set. The Japan release date has been set at July 8th, so hopefully we will be seeing it in the U.S. soon after 

press release