Various Digital Camcorders for Different Tastes and Needs
A digital camcorder is a device that records images in a manner that is similar to that of a digital camera. A series of images is captured by collecting light from a subject and focusing it on a photosensitive substance inside the device. In an old movie camera, that substance was film. While with a digital camcorder, it is the light-sensitive imaging sensor (or multiple sensors) which converts the light into electric signals. The camcorder then internally converts those signals into video data, which it stores in one of a variety of media formats—mini DV tape, DVD disc, hard drive, or flash memory. Of course, audio is