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UER Forum > Archived UE Encyclopedia > Camcorder (Viewed 162 times) Crispy Critter  Location: Chicago Gender: Male It is now pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.  |  Camcorder < on 1/29/2004 5:38 AM >   A video camera with a built-in recorder. click to view Camcorders come in a variety of sizes and media formats. VHS: Large, clunky analog cameras. VHS-C: A compact tape that can be played in VHS VCRs using an adaptor. 8mm: Small analog tape. Hi8: A higher-quality version of 8mm analog. DV8: Sony digital camcorder using 8mm tapes. MiniDV: Small digital tape, 6mm wide. DVD: Uses 6 cm recordable or rewritable DVDs. Betacam SP: Large professional camera used by news crews. Some camcorders have an IR illuminator that allows for taking black-and-white video in complete darkness. This can be useful for improvised night vision as well as for recording. Certain camcorders also have low-light modes that can record in color. Editing fucntions (crossfade, etc.) may be available. If the camcorder has an external microphone jack, highly directional "shotgun" and parabolic mikes can be used. A parabolic mike, especially, can pick up sounds from far away; for example, they are used to pick up the referees' statements during football games. Digital camcorders usually have an IEEE 1394 (aka "FireWire" or "iLink") interface that allows direct transfer of digital video to a computer for editing and encoding to MPEG-1 (VCD), MPEG-2 (DVD, SVCD), or "web-friendly" formats like MPEG-4, DivX, RealVideo, WMA, etc. A few camcorders are capable of shooting in MPEG; the DVD cameras do this as a matter of course. An analog video capture card can be used for transferring analog camcorder video footage to your computer. Battery life can be a problem. Spare batteries can be very handy. See also: Digital Camera SLR Camera TLR Camera [last edit 1/29/2004 5:38 AM by Crispy Critter - edited 3 times] "And here you thought the worst thing you could do was pee on the third rail." -Cecil Adams UER Forum > Archived UE Encyclopedia > Camcorder (Viewed 162 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 738488640 pages have been generated.