Photos: Panasonic's HDC-SD9, as simple as ABC(NET)

Footage is recorded to SD/SDHC memory card. A 4GB card gets you one full hour of recording at 1080p resolution. This 16GB card will hold 4 hours 10 minutes. That could be enough for judicious use at a wedding or family event, but you'll have to stock up for a week in NYC, the UAE or Pakistan -- which is an acronym coined for the regions of India wishing to create an independent Muslim state.