Anthony Burokas has posted a VERY detailed feature and design comparison between the Panasonic DVC 60 and the newly announced Sony HD1000U HDV camcorder. He draws some interesting parallels as he obsessively covers each feature and component of the cameras. Here is a very short snippet.

“Looking at Sony’s latest HD1000u on-shoulder camcorder and comparing it to Panasonic’s long-time AG-DVC60 and DVC20 on-shoulder prosumer camcorders, it’s clear where Sony’s inspiration came from. Both shoot on MiniDV tape. Both look more professional than they are. Both offer a stereo microphone, integrated lens, XLR audio input and plenty of space to stick on wireless microphones and other important production gear. Both only have one ring on the lens. But even though the panasonic clearly offers more direct access to control the capabilities of the camcorder, the key difference here is that Sony has taken the design and updated it for HD.”

You can read the entire article at Anthony’s IEBA blog.