| Camcorders are becoming more and more | | | | home movie or family trip use. It is going to be |
| popular. In fact, thanks to affordable pricing being | | | | small, compact and affordable. The zoom is not |
| able to make home movies is something that has | | | | going to be wide screen but may give you a |
| become a household activity. Just about everyone | | | | greater range. It also records in Mega pixels, |
| has a digital camcorder that provides them with a | | | | which are more suited for still images. Depending |
| way to more than just capture a still image but | | | | on the camcorder you may have widescreen |
| to capture all those special moments on film as | | | | capabilities but it is not as common for non |
| real as life for generations to come. | | | | commercial use equipment. The LCD viewing |
| Digital camcorders work similarly to digital | | | | screen is usually a little wider but may not be as |
| cameras; they have a variety of sizes, features | | | | good a quality. They do not have options for |
| and fps rates. FPS stands for frames per second | | | | manual focusing but may be able to shoot up to |
| and determines the pictures quality on the video. | | | | 16:9 resolutions, which is a standard small format |
| The images are stored on cassette or disk and | | | | wide screen picture. You may also find they don't |
| with digital camcorders it is easy to just plug | | | | usually have a long battery life but can record to |
| them into your computer and download the video. | | | | a variety of different formats, usually onboard |
| These are everyday use cameras. Hi def | | | | memory or memory card. They are usually plug |
| cameras are designed for professional use. | | | | and play or plug and download allowing you an |
| While you can use digital for this there are some | | | | easy way to transfer images. |
| distinct differences which are listed below; | | | | These are just some of the differences between |
| - A Hi def or high definition camcorder is going to | | | | digital camcorders and hi def camcorders. Both |
| look a little differently than a standard digital. It is | | | | technically are digital based, however; one, the |
| going to be designed to be as stable as possible in | | | | digital camcorder is designed for home use while |
| your hand which means not only will it be more | | | | the other, (hi def) is designed for more |
| expensive it is also going to be larger. You may | | | | commercial applications. |
| find that it has a more powerful zoom in some | | | | Another point to consider is the difference in price |
| cases 20 times greater. It will also have an instant | | | | because the Hi definition camcorder is primarily |
| AF system, focus assist for manual focusing as | | | | designed for commercial use it is going to be |
| well as a widescreen LCD for viewing purposes. It | | | | more expensive however there are some of the |
| may also contain a horizontal pixel shift allowing | | | | higher end digital camcorders that are going to be |
| for a 1080i recording image. | | | | comparable in price to the high definition |
| - A digital camcorder is going to be more for | | | | camcorder. |