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Camcorders have found a use in nearly all corners of electronic media, from electronic news organizations to TV/current-affairs productions and saving your own memories. Camcorders are often classified by their storage device such as VHS, Betamax, Video8 are examples of older, videotape-based camcorders which record video in analog form. However camcorders which record directly on DVD media are also on the rise, All DVD Camcorders MiniDV's Records to MiniDV tapes. MiniDV CamcordersHard Drive Records video to built-in hard drive, Store hours of video without tapes, hard Drive sizes start at 30GB and allow easy video transfer to computer's hard drive.
Camcorders have really taken hold in the United States, Japan and many other countries around the world because they are an extremely useful piece of technology, that you can own for under $300 or more than $100,000 depending on your budget. DVD drive camcorders can record both video and still images on Compact disc and has portable Interchangeable lenses and other accessories which are ideal for the Ultra compact camcorder buyer.
In the late 1990s, the camcorder reached the digital era with the introduction of miniDV. The digital nature of miniDV also improved audio and video quality over the best of the analog camcorders. The highest-quality digital formats, such as MiniDV and Digital Betacam, have the advantage over analog camcorders as they don not suffer from generation loss in recording, dubbing and editing. Now however with a contemporary Personal Computer of even modest power can perform digital video editing with low-cost editing software, for more on this see my Making Great Home Videos lens in my favorite lenses section.
You might need or want extra additions for your camcorder for example Digital Zoom, Image Stabiliser, Max Focal Length , Display Form Factor amongst many others. There's no question that digital camcorders will soon be the only camcorders manufactured. Take a look below at the great range of camcorders.
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Sony DCR-DVD108 DVD Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom
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Flip Video Camcorder: 60-Minutes (Black)
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Sony DCR-SR200 2.1MP 40GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Canon HV20 3MP High Definition MiniDV Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Sony DCR-SR82 1MP 60GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 25x Optical Zoom (Handycam Station Included)
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Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom
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Sony DCR-TRV280 Digital8 Handycam Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
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Panasonic PV-GS320 3.1MP 3CCD MiniDV Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Canon HV10 3.1MP High-Definition MiniDV Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Sony DCR-SR300 6.1MP 40GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Sony HDR-HC7 6.1MP MiniDV High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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JVC Everio GZMG130 30GB Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 34x Optical Zoom
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Panasonic PV-GS80 MiniDV Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD2 7.1MP MPEG4 High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Aiptek MPVR 6MP MPEG4 Digital Camcorder with 4x Digital Zoom
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Sony HDR-SR1 AVCHD 2.1 MP 30GB High-Definition Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Amazon Price: $1,139.95 (as of 12/08/2009)
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Sony DCR-SR62 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 25x Optical Zoom (Handycam Station Included)
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Sony DCR-HC28 MiniDV Handycam Camcorder with 20x Optical Zoom
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Canon ZR850 1MP MiniDV Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom
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Hitachi DZHS300A DVD Hybrid Camcorder with 25x Optical Zoom & 8GB Hard Disc Drive
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Panasonic HDC-SD1 AVCHD 3CCD Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Panasonic PV-GS85 MiniDV Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Panasonic SDR-H18 30GB Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Hitachi DZHS500A DVD Hybrid Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom & 30GB Hard Disc Drive
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Canon DC230 1MP DVD Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom
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Sanyo VPC-CG65 6MP MPEG-4 Flash Memory Digital Camcorder (Silver)
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JVC Everio GZMG255 2MP 30GB Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom (Includes Docking Station)
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DXG DXG-506V 5.0 MegaPixel Multi-Functional Camera with MPEG4 Technology (Silver)
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Samsung SC-D363 MiniDV Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom
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Samsung SC-D372 MiniDV Camcorder with 34x Optical Zoom
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Canon DC50 5MP DVD Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Sony HDR-SR7 AVCHD 6.1MP 60GB High Definition Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Panasonic Pro AG-DVX100B 3-CCD MiniDV Proline Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Sony HDR-UX1 AVCHD 4MP High-Definition DVD Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom
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Mustek DV 9300 3MP MPEG-4 Digital Video Camcorder
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JVC Everio GZHD7 3CCD 60GB Hard Disk Drive High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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Canon XH A1 1.67MP 3CCD High-Definition Camcorder with 20x Optical Zoom
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Panasonic VDR-D230 DVD Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
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JVC Everio GZMG27 20GB HDD Digital Media Camcorder with 32x Optical Zoom
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Canon GL2 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom
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Samsung SC-X300L Flash Memory Divx Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom and Wired External Camera
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Panasonic Pro AG-DVC20 3CCD MiniDV Proline Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom
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Panasonic VDR-D300 3.1MP 3CCD DVD Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
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JVC Everio GZMG57 1.3MP 30GB Hard Disk Drive Digital Media Camcorder with 15x Optical Zoom
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Samsung SC-DC173U DVD Camcorder with 34x Optical Zoom
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- by_the_sea by_the_sea Jul 10, 2007 @ 2:25 am
- Hey there, Great lens! Check out my Beginners Guide too. Thanks.
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- kjb1891 kjb1891 Jul 9, 2007 @ 5:34 pm
- Nice lens! Keep it up.
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