Take a look at the press release about the new Sony HDR-HC3 HDV camera. It’s … not that great. But for $1700 msrp (less than $1500 retail one would imagine) it seems like a pretty decent camera for those situations where you really really need to toss a camera off a cliff.

Does anyone find it odd that Sony talks about “snuggling” in a camera press release?

The camera isn’t shipping till April. NAB is in April. Maybe the HDR-HC1 will be joined by a Z3U and FX3 in April? Hmm …