subject: Digital Video Camera- Cherish Your Memories [print this page] Now that you have the reliable digital video camera with you, you are now able to capture all those exciting moments, like the child's first step, moments of your wedding or your birthday, or on your vacations.
While there are many brands and various models accessible in the market of digital video camera, you are bound to get confused trying to opt for the right one. But make sure you get the right features you want and the cost.
While you try and choose the best one, consider the format where your videos could be stored because the video quality will be determined by the video format. The important kinds of video format are the D8, HDD, Mini-DV, DVD offered by the digital cameras. The Mini-DV and the D8 are the tape-based formats that have the Mini-DV presently providing the best value video format to its consumers. DVD format can make it possible for direct video recording to a digital disk, and the HDD format uses the internal hard drives to record the video. But some manufacturers are dropping out the tape format, therefore it is ideal to invest in hard drive or disk based digital cameras.
The Digital video cameras consist of CCD or charged coupled device. You also get camera with a 3-CCD or 1- CCD features. While the cameras that have 1-CCD are poor quality videos, the 3- CCD cameras on the other hand give out better quality videos. Even the professionals use a 3CCD technology for better results but are a little bit more expensive.
The camcorder and its optical zoom feature usually vary from 10X-20X. Though it depends on how near the subject is needed. The facility of still photography can be found in various digital video cameras at different resolutions, while some camcorders give both the still and the video facility. Digital camcorders also have an in-built flash to compensate for low-light, but some cameras are provided with the 'night shot' facility. Other options are the external flashlights, external storage systems attached to the camcorder and the external microphones.
The best option is the camcorder with the longer battery life. The ranging of the battery life is about 4-8 hours continuous shoot. But with the use of the external device the life of the battery is reduced.
All cameras nowadays come bundled with a digital video editing software. But if you are not satisfied with the one provided, you can always buy a better and more expensive editing software from Adobe or any other reputable brand.
Video cameras is priced at Rs. $ 500 to maximum $4000, with Canon, Sony and the JVC.
