camcorder

Camcorder or digiscope for bird photography?

Digital Living Neither camcorder enables you to record photographs onto a memory card. I notice that several budget-priced camcorders offer 30x optical magnification. Does this level give a good performance for bird photography?

1 November 2006, 14:01

What camcorder for filming kids in low light?

Digital Living I need a camcorder to take video of my 1-year-old to send to my parents in Australia. I've never really had a camcorder before and don't know where to start. Your situation poses a problem -- as available light decreases, the frame rate a camcorder...

14 September 2006, 16:02

Become a camcorder pro

Digital Living We're going to teach you some tricks that will help even the biggest camcorder klutz create professional footage. To work out how to do this with your specific camcorder, you'll need to consult the manual.

29 June 2006, 17:02

Which camcorder format?

Digital Living Dear CNET, I'm confused by all the camcorder formats available at the moment. Should I choose a hard disk-based camcorder, a DVD camcorder or a MiniDV model? First off, you probably don't want a DVD camcorder -- the format's new, there's only...

25 May 2006, 16:15

Hi-def camcorder to film snowboarding?

Digital Living I would like to buy a camcorder to film snowboarding, I need something light and durable, preferably hi-def. You say you need a light camcorder for HD video, but the majority of HD camcorders are bulky monsters, with lenses like the Tower of Pisa.

6 October 2005, 17:11

A camcorder for shooting drama?

Digital Living I am trying to find out what is the best, most moderately priced camcorder for making short dramas to pitch screenplays. Without knowing your audience, it's difficult to recommend one specific camera, but it's generally accepted that the Canon XL2...

21 June 2005, 12:50

What kind of camcorder is best for night-time shooting?

Digital Living I am going to Las Vegas soon and am looking for a light compact camcorder that will cope with capturing the bright lights of Sin City at night, as well as the standard daytime footage. As you're going on holiday, you also want a lightweight...

19 September 2007, 17:13

Can I afford a progressive scan camcorder?

Digital Living When shopping for a progressive camcorder, look for a model that records 720p. I'm trying to find out about the cheapest camcorders on the market with a progressive-scan mode. Can anyone help? Yes Neil, CNET can help.

Tags: model, eye, fields, lines

12 December 2007, 9:23

Should I buy my camcorder in the US for less?

Digital Living I want to know if a camcorder purchased in the US will be more trouble than it's worth back in the UK. Your biggest issue with a US camcorder, however, will be the recording format it uses. Whether it's worth buying a camcorder in the US and...

20 December 2006, 11:42

The world's cheapest camcorder

Digital Living He gave me a big smile and said, "Michael, I can show you today, exclusively at CES, the world's cheapest camcorder. One of my favourites was showing off what it claimed was the world's cheapest camcorder.

17 January 2006, 11:17

Canon HV10

Digital Living Take £800 out of your pocket and you should have space for the Canon HV10, a compact camcorder that squeezes enough pixels on to its sensor to record 1080i hi-def video. Is this little camcorder a big star?

27 October 2006, 13:20

Shooting video in bright and hot locations

Digital Living I'm taking my camcorder with me on my summer holiday to Majorca. There are some tips on doing this using reflectors in our Become a Camcorder Pro article. If you shoot your subject against a bright sky, your camcorder is likely to correctly expose...

27 July 2006, 17:07

Can camcorders take great stills?

Digital Living With some thought about how you want to show the images, a lower resolution camcorder can meet your stills needs. Camcorders that give good colour and low noise can provide scaled-down stills that have comparable image quality to a higher...

Tags: megapixel, colour, noise, frame

21 November 2007, 14:15

Hitachi DZ-BD70E

Digital Living Blu-ray is the victor in the format war and the BD70E attempts to claim the spoils as the first Blu-ray camcorder. But is it just riding the winner's coattails?

Tags: hitachi, ray, war, blu

29 February 2008, 11:13

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living I've packed my laptop, of course; a digital SLR for photographing all the new products; a camcorder so we can show you the most exciting products in action; a digital voice recorder to record interviews for the podcast; and a microphone so you can...

8 March 2006, 15:02