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We live in a highly technological society. Many people are switching from using an old camera analog cameras and digital camcorders. Here are some guidelines to help you choose among the alternatives.

On tape or disk

Tapes and disks are only two of the formats on which digital video can be recorded, the cameras are most often used tape camcorders mini dv. Other records digital video on a hard drive or a memory card, in this case we talk about camcorders with hard disk.

Find a video camera with many pixels

Digital images are made of hundreds of thousands of small dots of light arranged in a grid. Each point is called “picture element” or pixel. Larger the number of pixels, the sharper will be the photos, and more realistic colors that your camera will be able to capture.

Find a video camera with a large CCD chip

The pixel information is captured on a CCD chip behind the lens, the same way the film captures the light in a camera. These chips are available in different sizes. Most non-professional cameras have chips of 40 mm and 80 mm. The bigger the CCD, the more light is captured the image, resulting in brighter images with better colors.

Good video in low light

Since they are often used indoors, it is important to find a camera that allows to get some good video when there is little light. The best models will not only have their menus in a number of automatic settings for low light conditions, but also allow you to manually set features like iris and shutter speed to get more light into the camera.

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