Should I buy a digital DVD camcorder or a digital camera?

Written by just asking in Wednesday, August 15, 2007 under Camcorders
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Q: I wanted to buy a SONY Cyber-shot digital camera (7.2 megapixels) for a long time. Not only did I wnat great image quality, but I wanted to capture movies too. Now I'm confused. Camcorders capture still images too and of course, videos. Which one should I buy? I want a functional, easy to use and affordable thing I can take to school sometimes as well.

A: Camcorders do a lousy job of capturing still images. No matter what the marketing specs of the camcorder say, you will always get better still images from a digital still camera. If your primary reason for wanting a camera is to take photos, get a still camera that also takes video.

On the flip side of this, digital still cameras tend to take reasonably good video in addition to shooting great still photos.

Whatever you do, don't buy a DVD camcorder. They are...

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Jonathan Said in Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Well I would take the Camcorder

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txgal01 Said in Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Probably depends on what the main reason you will be using it will be. If you will be mainly taking still pictures and a video here and there, then you should get the digital camera and vice versa. Although the camcorders are getting smaller, the decent ones aren't going to be near as small as an awesome digital camera.

Camcorder question. I want to get a digital camcorder but how do I know if my computer will burn it to DVD?

Written by me | Friday, December 07, 2007

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I want to buy a camcorder, but would rather buy a digital which is less expensive but more recording time and options for money. How do I know if my computer is capable of burning the downloaded info on to a DVD? I do have a dvd/cd-r drive. If not I may just have to purchase a DVD camcorder.


A: In order to download video, you need a firewire connection. You need a firewire card (ieee 1394) installed in your computer and a firewire cord (ieee 1394) to connect your camera to your PC. Then you need a DVD-RW burner. If your DVD drive says DVD-ROM, it is not a burner. If you want to edit, you need some editing software, your burner and your camera usualy comes with some software.

How do I transfer my digital camcorder tapes to dvd?

Written by craigb | Saturday, January 13, 2007

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I want to transfer my digital camcorder tapes to dvd, but when I transfer them on my pc(via usb) they are very grainy and jumpy. Do I need to have a special piece of hardware?


A: Yea You need a Firewire lead AND a firewire port on your computer

Canon digital camcorder mini DVD question...?

Written by Daniel S | Thursday, August 09, 2007

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I bought a Canon Digital DVD camcorder
but the mini DVDs dont work on my computer
i checked the website and no CD came with the camcorder.
And my computer says the mini DVD is a blank CD
What should I do?
I checked the site, and it said there was a finalization process for these mini DVDs
what is that process?
ok
i tried that, but the only option is to initialize the disc, and that option doesnt work.
that must mean that it is...


A: When you record make sure that you "finalize" the mini DVD. It is an option in the camera's menu. If the DVD is not finalized only the camera that recorded it can read it. That means no more recording on that disc but it also means that other players can read it. If you want to see what the shots look like before you final ize you can either play back in the camera's viewer or hook the camera's video out to a tv input