Definition Camcorders

Video Camera is a video image recording devices capable of storing digital images from analog image mode. Video Camera is one of digital technology products, thus also called a digitizer device that has the ability to take the form of analog input data and change the frequency of light into electronic digital mode.

Video / Film Frame is a series of images played a lot quickly. Each frame is a record of the stages of a motion. The faster-moving increasingly smooth motion, even though there is a gap between the frame but we as humans can not catch the breaks.

Standard broadcast video

Standard Ragion frames per second (FPS)

SECAM France, mid and East Africa 25 fps

PAL Indonesia, China, Australia, the European Union 25 fps

NTSC America, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Korea 29.97 fps

Analog video is recorded images and audio in the form of magnetic signal on magnetic tape.

Digital video is also similar to the Video analog, digital images and recorded in sura magnetic tape, but uses a digital signal in the form of a combination of the numbers 0 and 1.

Video Editing Techniques

Linear techniques performed by shredding material termed video clips and prepared using a video player and recorder (VCR-Video Cassette Recorder), can also use the two players if we want to include the effect, so it can be adjusted in accordance with the existing pieces.

Non-Linear Techniques, similar to our linear cut up the clips in the editing, but it is much more mudahkarena live without the drag and drop operation from scratch, as well as to include the effect, we just drag and drop the effect is already available. In fact we can easily manage the duration of the effect that we use.

The format of the video camera is divided into 2 parts:

1. Analog format consisting of a standard VHS, VHS-C, Super VHS, Super VHS-C, 8mm, Hi-8

2. Digital format consisting of MiniDV, Digital8, DVD

Computers are recommended for video editing consists of:

1. Classmate PC P4 or AMD Athlon, you should use Hyper Trading.

2. Video Capture Card and Port, example: Pinacle, IEEE 1394 Fire Wire port, USB2, is used for the transfer from the camcorder to the PC.

3. Firewire or USB cable

4. Hard drive, for Intensive Video processing is better to use a SCSI hard drive, while using only a standard serial ATA HDD, HDD Round least 7200 rpm.

5. Sound Card

6. VGA card

7. CD-ROM and CD-RW/DVD-RW

Performance video cameras (camcorders) views of:

1. Analysis of moving image = quality moving pictures recorded

2. The weak point resolution = determine the value of the horizontal and vertical, and only a few test colors

3. White balance = to daylight and the lights using testchart standardized and thus achieve true color assessment

4. Calculating noise = the ratio between signal and noise power written in decibels (dB), high semangkin dBnya value means higher noise semangkin distance and the better the video image

5. Light sensitive = How long will it take to re-adjust the brightness of the camcorder, the longer it gets worse over time adjustments automatic aperture setting also

6. Compression contra losses = The difference between the original recording

7. The picture quality in an endurance test

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Types of Video Camera

Various kinds of video views of the functions can be distinguished:

1. Camera Broadcast Standards

2. Semi Broadcast Camera

3. Camera Home Use

4. Camera Handy Cam

Breakdown by format video cameras

1. Camcorders

Product Information

1/6 "CCD imager with 290K effective pixels, 20x optical zoom lens with 990X digital zoom, 2.5" touch panel SwivelScreen LCD display, Memory Stick slot

2. MiniDV Camcorders

Product Information

1/6 "Advanced HAD CCD imager with 340K effective pixels, 20x optical zoom lens with 800X digital zoom, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, 2.5" touch panel LCD display SwivelScreen

3. DVD Camcorders

Product Information

1/6 "Advanced HAD CCD imager with 800K Pixel still image capabilities, 20X optical zoom lens with 800X digital zoom, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lens, 2.5" Wide Hybrid LCD touch panel display

Type / other type of Handycam:

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The parts Camera Video

Parts of the video camera:

1. Lens cover

2. LCD Screen

3. Release button LCD display

4. Volume keys

5. Batteries

6. Lock batery

7. The power button

8. Button start / stop record

9. Input jack of the power adapter

10. Place memesang rope handy camera lens

11. Information batery

12. Light switch

13. Button to select the color quality

14. Lens

15. Microphone / mike

16. Lights mark record

17. Infrared (recording in dark places)

18. Button control vidio

19. Use the button lights

20. Fader button

21. BACK LIGHT button

22. FOCUS Button

23. Remote sensor lamp

Type analog video cameras divided by 2 (two) parts:

1. Part camera

2. Section VCR

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Operate Camera Video

Step-by-step video camera operation:

1. Remove the lens cap

2. Move the power switch from off to the camera by pressing and hold the lock button, then push down

3. Open the LCD screen, the LCD screen by pressing keys, then opening direction of the arrow. Viewfinder will automatically die

4. Press the start / stop to start recording. Press the start / stop again to stop recording

The measures put tape on the camera handy are:

1. Press the direction of the arrow and open the lid

2. Insert cassette tapes with glass windows visible position at the top and press the center of the rear cassette

3. Once the cassette holder is automatically dropped to the bottom and press the cover tape

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Taking Pictures

Range of angles is:

1. Normal Angle

2. Hight Camera Angle

3. Low Camera Angle

4. Bird Eye View

5. Wiki Camera Angle

6. Objective Camera Angle

Range of the field of view at the time of recording the image is:

1. ELS (Extreme Long Shot)

Shot so far, presents a very wide field of view, the camera takes the overall view. Objects and other objects appear very small in relation to the background

2. LS (Long Shot)

Shot so far, presents a closer view of the field than the ELS, the object is still dominated by the wider background

3. MLS (Medium Long Shot)

Shot serving the field of view that is closer than the long shot, human objects are usually displayed from above the knee to above the head

4. MS (Medium Shot)

Here the objects become larger and more dominant, the object revealed the human from the waist to above the head. The background still seems comparable to the main object

5. MCU (Medium Close Up)

Shot very close, the object is shown from the chest to the top of the head. This MCU most frequently used in television

6. CU (Close UP)

Shot close, the object becomes the main focal point in this shot, the background appears minimal. For human objects are usually displayed in the face of the shoulder to the head

7. BCU (Big Close Up)

Shot showing certain parts of the human body. Object fill the entire screen and clear details

8. ECU (Extreme Close Up)

Shot showing certain parts of the human body. Object fill the entire screen and is very detail clearer.

Camera movement to do the shooting are:

1. Pan, Panning is the horizontal movement of the camera (horizontal) from left to right or vice versa

Pan right (camera moves around to the right)

Pan left (the camera moves around to the left)

2. Tilt, Tilting is a vertical camera movement, looked up from bottom to top or vice versa

Tilt up: looked up

Tilt down: up down

3. Dolly, Track is movement on the Tripot or dolly toward or away from the subject

Dolly in: approaching the subject

Dolly out: stay away from the subject

4. Pedestal is on the pedestal camera movement which can be hung upside down. Now it is widely used Porta-Jip Traveller.

Pedestal up: the camera is increased

Pedestal down: camera lowered

5. Crab is a lateral movement of the camera or sideways, running parallel with the subjects that are running.

Crab left (move left)

Crab right (move right)

6. Arc is the movement of the camera rotating around the object from left to right or vice versa

7. Zoom is the zoom lens movement toward or away from the optical object, by changing the focal length of the lens from a narrow perspective to a wide angle of view or vice versa

Zoom in: closer objects from long shot to a close up

Zoom out: keep the objects from close up to long shot

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Tips and Tricks Video Camera

Taking care of a video camera carried by the following six steps:

1. Do tingalkan tape in your camcorder when not in use. Cassettes can cause friction and this can cause problems in the process of recording and playback

2. Do not insert a video cassette in really cold conditions. Moisture from the warm air can membut cassette attaches to the drum so that the damage can damage the tape and the video head

3. Do not leave the battery in the camera when not in use. Some interesting camera battery energy in small amounts, but the constant so that it can drain the battery

4. Do not leave the camcorder tapes in the car exposed to hot air

5. Do not put labels on label tape camcorder which is probably against the cassette door opener. This can cause the tape stuck on the camera

6. Treat your handycam to give it to the technician to clean the tape head when dirty. Such a treatment could make your camera more durable

That must be considered in buying a video camera are:

1. Simply nyamankan you hold the camera

2. Are there manual settings for focus, aperture and white balance

3. How much resolution display systems

4. How good is your image stabilizernya

5. What equipment is available

6. Do you need a memory card to store photos

7. Is there any analog input and digital

8. Is wide angle lens has a true

9. Is the available inputs for microphone and headphones

10. How long the battery can last

How to choose the right Video Camera note:

1. Image Engine technology such as LCD, CRT, LDP and LCOS, LCD choose

2. Resolution SVGA, XVGA, SXGA and UXGA, select a high resolution SVGA

3. Brightness (lighting) and ANSI Lumens sizes, choose the larger ANSI Lumens

4. Connections affect image quality VGA, RGB, RCA, S-Video, DVI, select the most complete

5. Size (large and small) Camcorders, select a smaller size

Installation Camera Video

Install / setup Drivers Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder DCR-DVD755E. Insert the CD Driver, wait a few moments, will automatically autorun.

1. In Figure 1, select Install

2. Shown images are being installed as in figure 2

3. Once done look like Figure 2, click next

4. Figure 4 will appear Licencié Agreement, click yes

5. Once completed will appear Figure 5, to fill User name and Company Name, click next

6. Continuing the folder to install (defaults to C), then click next

7. After completion of the computer is copied to the specified folder, finished click next

8. After that proceed to install Imagemixer easystepDVD

9. Once the install is complete Imagemixer, click finish

10. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now, to restart

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