Hitachi has released a hybrid format Blu-ray camcorder. Its 7 megapixel CMOS image sensor will get you both photos and videos in FullHD quality. You get to record up to 4 hours and 20 minutes video in 1920×1080 resolution or 8 hours and 40 minutes of 1440×1080 video on the initial 30GB. Additionally, the built-in SDHC card slot allows for Full HD video and still recordings. The new DZ-BD10HA also offers a dubbing function that allows Full HD video to be transferred with the single push of a button from either the HDD or SDHC card to the BD drive, all within the camcorder, without having to connect to a computer. When you are done with any editing you might check out the Transcoding feature will let you transfer HD videos to standard definition DVD discs for those of us who aren’t Blu-ray blessed yet.

The camcorder will be available in Japan on Aug. 9 and will be available in North America in September. Suggested price is $999 but then again it is you who wanted a Blu-ray camcorder in the first place.