Don’t be deceived by Sony’s newest camcorder’s small size; this little fella packs a punch. Standing just 4.7″ tall and measuring 2.5″ deep, Sony’s HDR-TG1 shoots full blown HD video (1920×1080). Unfortunately, Sony in their blundering proprietary ways has only included a Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo or PRO Duo Mark2 memory card input – included is a 4GB PRO Duo Mark2 (available in sizes up to 16GB) card for out of the box shooting. Other features include face detection (as we’ve seen in Digital Cameras), a fold out 2.7″ touch screen LCD and 5.1 Dolby Digital audio encoding.

Expect the Sony HDR-TG1 HD camcorder to ship May 2008 for a reasonable $900.

Preorders here.

More pics after the ‘leap

[Cameratown]