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Can I afford a progressive scan camcorder?

Digital Living First off, some science: progressive scanning is a method of displaying, storing or transmitting moving images in which each frame is divided into lines, and those lines are all drawn onscreen, usually at 30 frames per second.

Tags: model, eye, fields, lines

12 December 2007, 9:23

Can camcorders take great stills?

Digital Living Higher resolution means more image information in each frame, which takes more processing power and leads to larger file sizes. Some camcorders are able to grab a still frame while recording video, which is a useful feature for making thumbnail...

Tags: megapixel, colour, noise, frame

21 November 2007, 14:15

Camcorder or digiscope for bird photography?

Digital Living A frame of standard-definition video only contains around 0.4 megapixels, and even hi-def video only contains 0.9 or 1.8 megapixels per frame. I notice that several budget-priced camcorders offer 30x optical magnification.

1 November 2006, 14:01

Can compact cameras zoom during video?

Digital Living Often, the best way is to let the subject speak for itself by keeping it within the frame. When you zoom, the elements in the frame -- such as a person in front of a wall -- get bigger but do not change in relation to each other.

Tags: shot, compact, tracking, zoom

31 October 2007, 15:28

Can I buy a cheap video-editing PC?

Digital Living They tend to be quite expensive, but some can encode video in real time, instead of frame by tedious frame. Hi, I'd like to buy a PC for video editing but I don't have an awful lot of money and I've heard they can work out very expensive.

10 August 2006, 10:55

Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts

Digital Living The 1080i format has a 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution, but each frame is scanned in two passes, which can lead to jagged edges around moving objects. Different hi-def flavoursHD DVD and Blu-ray can deliver hi-def video in three formats: 720p, 1080i...

1 June 2007, 16:40

Become a camcorder pro

Digital Living Lighting creates atmosphere, emphasises character and, at the most basic level, determines the exposure -- and therefore the legibility -- of the frame. The boom mic is dangled over the actors, out of frame, and it captures sound without the need...

29 June 2006, 16:02

Camera phones

Digital Living Many people tend to focus their attention on only the centre of the frame or the main subject of the picture, while ignoring the rest of the scene. When you take the whole frame into account, you pay close attention to objects in the background or...

11 May 2005, 11:43

LG Chocolate KG800

Digital Living The LG Chocolate phone is loved by many for its small frame and stunning looks, but it's not the sharpest knife in the box. Should it be stroked to sleep every night or is it just too dumb to love?

26 May 2006, 11:30

Sony Bravia KDL-40V2000

Digital Living Within the frame, the new Bravia processing engine produces a sharp and crisp picture. Sony's 40-inch LCD goes its own way, avoiding the high-gloss finish that's become de rigeur in 2006.

9 June 2006, 13:23

Best camera for photographing jewellery?

Digital Living You'll need to put the lens very close to your jewellery to make it fill the frame. I am a jewellery designer/maker and I would like to photograph my jewellery. What kind of camera should I buy? There are two things you need to consider.

27 July 2005, 10:15

What camcorder for filming kids in low light?

Digital Living Your situation poses a problem -- as available light decreases, the frame rate a camcorder uses will automatically decrease, resulting in blurred footage. I need a camcorder to take video of my 1-year-old to send to my parents in Australia.

14 September 2006, 15:02

Do I need a TV with 1080i or 1080p?

Digital Living In standard-definition TV, each picture frame -- of which there are 25 per second -- is composed of two fields. I want to buy a new TV and I've heard a lot about 1080i and 1080p -- which sort of screen should I go for?

6 June 2007, 11:14

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

Digital Living In the same way that stills cameras automatically decrease shutter speeds when it gets darker to give more time for light to fall on the image sensor, camcorders will automatically lower the frame rate as available light decreases.

19 September 2007, 16:13

Which Samsung LCD TV?

Digital Living Well, the truth is that it's exactly the same TV, but with a slightly different frame -- the power button is above the speaker grille instead of being integrated into it. I've been reading your TV reviews and I'm really interested in the Samsung...

13 April 2006, 14:24