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There a few types of digital video cameras on the market that consist of, Digital 8, Mini DV, DVD camcorders and Hard disk (HDD) camcorders. Minidv cameras are the ones I will discuss in this article. I will discuss the features of mini camcorders and what the features do and how they make you life easier when shooting video and transferring file.
If you love to edit your home videos on a computer system then a Minidv is excellent. These camcorders enable you to capture digital video footage and transfer it to your pc for video editing, send short mpg clips by email to friends or you can even upload them to a web site! The only hardware you will need is the IEEE-1394 firewire cord, that costs under $80.
Older analog video cameras could also connect to your computer but it required more hardware, it was much more expensive to do, and the quality wasn't nearly as good. The problem with transferring analog video and then converting into digital video on your computer is that data information is lost in the process. This data loss results is poorer quality video, as an end result. This problem is no more with digital video, there is no loss of data, the video is 100% always.
You can not only take digital video but you can snap digital pictures as well, with resolutions as high as regular digital camera. Actually with new minidv camcorder models on the market you don't even need the extra expense of buying a digital still cameras, it would be wasted money.
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