MiniDV uses tapes, which must be played back through the camcorder or television with recording time of up to two hours at high resolution.
This
MiniDV camera is jam-packed with loads of features including touch screen and video CD burning capacity.
digital video cameras that record video to
miniDV tape).
The XL1S
MiniDV Camcorder offers a digital format, interchangeable lens system and three CCD image sensors with pixel shift technology for superior image quality.
Sony brings us its new 3.1-million pixel DCR-PC300K
miniDV digital camcorder.
The company now uses a
miniDV recorder to record numerous interviews with salespeople at an annual sales meeting, then Gnewikew edits them using his Macintosh computer's iMovie software down to a point where individual snippets are anywhere from one to five minutes long.
There are three consumer digital formats in use:
MiniDV, Digital 8 and DVD.
The Canon Elura 40MC captures up to 2 hours of high-quality digital video with digital stereo sound when using an 80-minute
MiniDV tape.
These use
MiniDV tape cartridges that look similar to, but are not compatible with the analog 8mm tapes.
To record the best quality possible from PlanetCam requires a better recorder, such as Beta, S-VHS, Hi-8, or one of the relatively new digital formats such as
MiniDV. Today there are numerous digital camcorders that have a video-in jack for recording from external sources.