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Where will the video be watched?

This parameter characterizes how many points each frame of the captured video will consist of (the more points, the better the image will be), and this also depends on the TV model:

• SD cameras are suitable for viewing on CRT TVs (720 × 576 resolution)
• HD cameras are good for playback on HD Ready TVs (1280 × 720 resolution)
• AVCHD cameras are of the highest quality, playback on TVs with Full HD (1920 × 1080 resolution)

On what media will be recorded video

For today there are four variants of carriers on which there is a video recording:

• MiniDV, video cameras with this type of media save video to a small cassette tape, the recording time is one hour.
• DVD, use of miniature 8-centimeter discs.
• HDD, in video cameras with this type of media for video recording small hard disks are used. The average video length is 25 hours.
• Flash, a memory card is used for recording, it is the easiest and most convenient, but the price is accordingly higher.

Optics

One of the main parameters of video quality, it is responsible for good color reproduction and brightness of the image.

If selected, reverse the focus distance in the camcorder

The smaller the focal length, the larger the image enters the frame.

Image resolution when shooting video

Megapixels mean two functions - electronicstabilization of the image and the resolution of the picture during photography, but at the same time, they have nothing to do with the quality of the video, so when choosing a video camera for this indicator it is not worth paying attention.

Increase

There are two types of magnification:

• optical, changing the focal length
• digital, approximation is carried out due to the software of a video camera

Better your choice to stop at optical magnification.

Night mode

For amateur camcorders, this parameter does notIt is worth paying attention, because the video captured at night will be dark, a good image will be obtained only if there is additional light, and this is not always possible.

LCD screen

Virtually all cameras have this kind of screen, but the larger the screen, the faster the battery power of the camera sits.

Camera Dimensions

By stopping his choice on somecamcorder, pay attention to its dimensions, it should be well understood, if the video camera has small dimensions, then usually the quality of the video in such cameras leaves much to be desired.