Xacti

{{Short description|Digital camera brand}}

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| type = Camcorder

| currentowner = Sanyo

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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110209063232/http://sanyo.com/xacti/english/ sanyo.com/xacti/english/]

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Xacti is a brand of Sanyo hybrid digital camera and camcorder.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/digital_video/sanyo/xacti_vpc-c5/218228|title=Sanyo Xacti VPC-C5|last=Dalziel|first=Spencer|date=9 January 2006|work=PC World Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321163433/http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/digital_video/sanyo/xacti_vpc-c5/218228|url-status=live|archive-date=21 March 2012}} They use a distinct pistol-shaped format with most controls operated by the thumb and able to shoot both video and picture simultaneously.{{cite book|last=Levelle|first=Tony|title=Digital Video Secrets: What the Pros Know and the Manuals Don't Tell You|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKscnxSZ_aIC&pg=PA135|access-date=28 February 2011|date=2008-11-01|publisher=Michael Wiese Productions|isbn=978-1-932907-47-6|pages=135–136}} The range of models includes high definition cameras,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/technology/personaltech/19video.html|title=CIRCUITS; Pocket-Size Camera Is Loaded With Tricks|last=Biggs|first=John|date=19 June 2008|work=The New York Times|page=7|archive-date=10 June 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610065504/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/technology/personaltech/19video.html?_r=1}} waterproof cameras{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/technology/31video.html|title=CIRCUITS; Swimmers Who Avoid the Deep Have a New Camcorder Choice|last=Furchgott|first=Roy|date=31 May 2007|work=The New York Times|page=10|archive-date=11 September 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911110839/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/technology/31video.html?_r=1}} and cameras using the H.264 video codec.{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/story.html?id=005c27f7-975e-4f7a-a560-f240120db644|title=Sanyo Xacti camcorder|date=23 February 2008|work=Edmonton Journal|archive-date=28 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628213812/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/story.html?id=005c27f7-975e-4f7a-a560-f240120db644}} SANYO DI Solutions Co., Ltd. changed its name to Xacti Corporation in May 2013.