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I want to buy a HD camcorder but there are 3 types and I dont rly understand the difference between them. So there are Hard Drive, Flash Memory and Pocket Size. What is the difference between those three and could u reccomened me a brand or a camcorder i should buy? Is there an enormous difference between the normal and the HD camcorders?
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I want to buy a HD camcorder but there are 3 types and I dont rly understand the difference between them. So there are Hard Drive, Flash Memory and Pocket Size. What is the difference between those three and could u reccomened me a brand or a camcorder i should buy? Is there an enormous difference between the normal and the HD camcorders?
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Small lens and imaging chip = poor low light behavior.
Some pocket cams save to mov format, so if you are in the windows/Vista environment you need to convert to something your editor will deal with (wmv, mp4, avi, dv).
Packet cams use flash memory – so really only two – flash memory or HDD.
flash memory (no Pocket) and HDD hi def cams save to very compressed AVCHD (MTS or TOD) formats. If you plan to edit, your computer needs serious CPU horsepower and LOTS of RAM. LOTS or compression.
Hard drive camcorders have known problems with loud audio/vibration and high altitude and have data recover challenges when the hard drive crashes.
Flash memory does not share these prblems – neither does miniDV tape.
While I am on digital tape, it is still the choice of the professionals. HDV is less compressed than AVCHD so less video data is discarded.
MiniDV tape is cheap and is the archive of the video yu cut but want in three years. How are you planning to archive the video on flash memory or HDD cams?
Standard definition video is 480 horizontal lines of resolution. High definition video is 720 or 1080 horizontal lines. Yes, the video quality is VERY different.