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Gadget Rumor: Canon Developing DSLR-based Camcorder

File this under gadget rumors, but it does make perfect sense and merges nicely with our own secret fantasies of a DSLR-based camcorder.  Now that the Canon 5D Mark II and even the new Rebel T1i can shoot 1080P video, buddying filmmakers have been clamoring for Canon to pump out the specs (24 fps is missing on both Canons).  Using the DSLR’s sensors and time tested lenses, filmmakers are able to get depth of field and of all that extra mojo that makes an image “film-like”.

According to CanonRumors.com, this new HD camcorder will take the shape of Canon’s flagship XL H1 (pictured) and is reportedly spec’d to the gills, with 1080/24/30/60 as well as 720p/30/60 and 56Mbit/s to MPEG-4.  There’s also auto-focus and creative manual focus alongside the usual prosumer camcorder goodies.  This is looking good, and if Canon can keep the price near Sony’s XDCAM EX-1 or bigger brother EX-3’s territory, they’ll have the sweetest new HD Camcorder short of a non-vaporized Red Scarlet.

Good Dell: SP2309W LCD Has Terrible Name, Sexy Price

The Dell SP2309W 23″ flatscreen 1080P LCD boasts 2048×1152 resolution, 300 cd/m2 of brightness, and the requisite DVI, HDMI, VGA ports. What caught our attention however was the reasonable price for all of this Dell goodness: $379. Good Dell? We’d say.

Redrock intros DSLR Cinema Kit

Now that the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR has stunned the world with its 1080p video recording ability, Redrock has announced a cinema kit to make it official.

The Redrock DSLR kit bolts around the camera and adds mounting hardware for proper zoom and focus controls found on traditional cinema cameras. With the Redrock DSLR kit and the Canon 5D Mark II’s stellar video recording ability, the thus far concept-only Red Scarlet has officially been replaced.

The Redrock DSLR kit is expected to be revealed today at PhotoPlus, in New York, and is expected to ship November 1st. Price is TBD, however, Redrock prices are usually quite reasonable relative to the competition. We’re counting on under $1,000 for the kit.