Written on April 3, 2008 – 5:03 am | by Bogdan Alex |
The miniaturization trend will soon reach its golden age with all that nanotechnology floating around. Many electronic components have shrunk to ridiculous sizes during the past few years and lots of devices are prone to get smaller and smaller by the year. We’ll be able to carry a multitude of devices in the near future but, until then, check out what Sony did to its camcorder lineup.

According to Sony, their new device is considered to be world’s smallest full HD camcorder. The puny camcorder weighs in at only ten ounces, but it’s no humble device when it comes to capabilities. It has an ultra-portable body measuring just 1.3-inches wide by 4.7-inches tall by 2.5-inches deep.

Talking about miniaturized technology, the new camcorder is capable of capturing 1920 x 1080 HD videos and 4-megapixel digital photos directly to Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo or PRO Duo Mark2 media cards (4GB PRO Duo Mark2 included). It’s clearly aimed at travelers if we think of that durable titanium body and special hard coating that makes it highly resistant to scratches.

The Face Detection system, usually found in Sony’s Cybershot cameras, was integrated in order to identify up to eight faces in the camcorder's 2.7-inch touch panel LCD screen, and automatically adjust focus, exposure, color control for natural-looking skin tones. Add in the high-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 10x optical zoom lens and 2-megapixel ClearVid CMOS sensor with Exmor-derived technology, and you got most advanced technologies on the market all in a surprisingly compact package. Not to mention that sound is recorded in the 5.1 Dolby Digital register.

The smallish camcorder will soon be released on the Asian market but I’m not sure how small the price will be.