The Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD700 was announced today and, once again, the record for the world’s smallest and lightest 720p camcorder has changed hands. The HD700 records to SD/SDHC memory cards and is designed to facilitate sharing your videos on social networking sites and blogs.
The Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD700 features a 1/2.5″ CCD sensor with a whopping 7.38 megapixels. This allows for an effective 4.08 megapixels in movie mode and stills up to 7 megapixels in size (or 10 megapixels interpolated). The still photo system seems fairly robust, with face detection for up to 12 faces and sensitivity all the way to ISO 3200.
HD video can be recorded at either 6Mbps or 9Mbps. On an 8GB card this is good for almost 2 hours and 3 hours of footage, respectively. Much like its bigger brother, the DMX-HD1000, the DMX-HD700 records video in the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec.
The Sanyo DMX-HD700 also features a 5x optical zoom and 2.7″ widescreen LCD. A docking cradle is included with HDMI, component, S-video, and composite outputs. The camcorder can be hooked up to your computer via USB 2.0 straight from the camcorder.
The HD700 will be available in three colors: silver, red, and brown. The Sanyo DMX-HD700 will ship October 19 in Japan, and October 20th
