http://photography.condobelles.com All about taking great pictures.. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:54:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All video cameras contain 3 major components - the lens, imager, and recorder.  The lens gathers and focuses the light on the imager, which is normally a charge coupled device (CCD) or CMOS sensor IC.  Finally, the recorder will encode the video signal into a form that can be stored. ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/05/27/major-components/ If you've been looking for a high definition video camera, there are many out there for you to choose from.  In this article, we will take a look at some of your options available in each of the different formats. HDV JVC, Sony, and Canon all produce HDV cameras of various stripes ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/05/20/looking-at-high-def-cameras/ At first look, the JVC HD100 looks like any other high definition camera with a lot of switches, dials, and places to plug in peripherals.  In operation, it functions like an old regular video camera.  You don't really need to do anything special to make a high definition recording, just ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/05/13/jcv-hy-hd100/ The amazing company of JVC (Victor Company of Japan) released the first high definition video camera for consumers back in 2003.  The GR-HD1 high def camera was the first digital video camera in the world to record and play back high definition images. By utilizing a newly developed 1/3 inch type ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/05/06/jvc-and-the-first-high-def-camera/ HDTV or high definition television normally refers to any video system of higher resolution than the standard definition.  The original HD specifications date back to the early 1980s, when Japan first experimented with a 1025 line television standard. Japan presented their parameters at an international meeting of television engineers in Algiers ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/04/29/high-definition-video/ A while back, Sony, Sharp, Canon and JVC announced the creation of a new high definition video standard for video cameras - HDV.  HDV utilizes MPEG-2 image compression with a definition of 1080 lines and a 16:9 aspect ratio. Shortly after that, Sony opened the door to high definition by creating ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/04/22/high-definition-has-arrived/ HD, or high definition, is creating quite a lot of interest, due to some very high spirited campaigning done by the cable networks wanting you to buy HD boxes to watch HD on television.  What you may not be aware of, is the fact that HD is delivered in a ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/04/15/hd-based-video-cameras/ It's quite impossible to choose a camera without knowing which format best fits your needs.  Below, you'll find many of the most popular formats. DVCPRO HD Based on the standard definition of DVCPRO format, the DVCPRO HD from Panasonic uses a data rate of 120 MBps and intraframe compression, both of which ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/04/08/finding-your-format/ Working with the video of camcorders such as the Sony HDR-HC1 can produce a serious business.  HD video contains four times the number of pixels that standard definition offers, and it's much more heavily compressed. Keep in mind that you need a powerful computer with a lot of memory to deal ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/04/01/editing-hd-video/ The central part of a DV camcorder is the CCD, or Charge Coupled Device.  This sensor creates a video picture by recording the light intensity to recognize an image or shape, along with the color levels to reproduce a full color picture. There are several tape based DV camcorders that have ... http://photography.condobelles.com/index.php/2008/03/25/controls-and-features/