The TV-HR mode is the highest of the five video shooting modes that delivers a VGA image resolution of 640×480 pixels and a bit rate of 6Mbps. While the advanced face detection function is capable of recognizing four people in a shot and focuses on their faces.
The CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensor works faster than CCD (charge couple device) image sensor. As a result users will be able to capture videos at 60fps. The camera further supports MPEG4 AVC/H.264 compression for video files.
The 8-megapixel camera is also capable of capturing still images at 4,000 x 3,000 pixels resolution.
The Xacti CA8 measures 70×111x40 mm and weighs 239g. Moreover, the camera is capable of delivering 205 still image shots or 75 minutes of continuous video shooting in a single battery charge.
The Xacti CA8 camera is available for ¥50,000 in the Japanese market.