best digital camcorder zoom image
Q. I am looking for up to digital zoom 20x to 40x and around like $300 dollars. I am looking for a hadycam HD 20x to 40x digital zoom camcorder.
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Your budget is not enough for a half decent hard disc drive or high definition camcorder.
The closest I can get are Canon ZR900, ZR930 miniDV tape or FS10 flash memory camcorder. They have a mic jack that no others in this price range have (from Sony or Panasonic). They are standard definition only.
I stopped suggesting any hard drive camcorders when I learned of their known problems with loud audio (vibration) and high altitude problems when the head park and no video is recorded.
"Handycam" is Sony's brandname for all consumer camcorders Sony makes. The DCR-HC62 and HC62 do not have a mic jack.
Your budget is not enough for a half decent hard disc drive or high definition camcorder.
The closest I can get are Canon ZR900, ZR930 miniDV tape or FS10 flash memory camcorder. They have a mic jack that no others in this price range have (from Sony or Panasonic). They are standard definition only.
I stopped suggesting any hard drive camcorders when I learned of their known problems with loud audio (vibration) and high altitude problems when the head park and no video is recorded.
"Handycam" is Sony's brandname for all consumer camcorders Sony makes. The DCR-HC62 and HC62 do not have a mic jack.
How to interpret the zoom power indicators on a camcorder?
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I have a photography background with 35mm film and digital cameras. I am on the market to buy a camcorder and I would like to understand the "reach" of the zoom when it mentions things like "10X optical"? I can easily figure out the reach of, say, a 75-300mm lens in 35mm film cameras. How does the camcorder zoom labels compare to 35mm film camera zooms?
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It is as simple as it seems.
10x zoom means that at 0% zoom or no zoom, the image is at the same size you can see with the naked eye from the same spot and vantage point as the camcorder, and at 100% zoom or maximum zoom, the same image is now ten times larger than its original size (and part of the image may now be so big it went our of frame or out of view).
If you are talking about focal distance or in your case "focal length", that is a different issue. Most built-in camcorder lenses can focus from macro to infinity. In most cases, you can find an adapter to adapt a 35mm camera lens onto the front of the built-in camcorder lens, and then, focal length and "reach" come into play because your camera lens is based on f-stops. Several professional camcorders (such as the Sony PMW-EX3) also allow the removal of the camcorder's lens and the placement of another lens including those from 35mm cameras to be installed instead for specialized filming situations.
It is as simple as it seems.
10x zoom means that at 0% zoom or no zoom, the image is at the same size you can see with the naked eye from the same spot and vantage point as the camcorder, and at 100% zoom or maximum zoom, the same image is now ten times larger than its original size (and part of the image may now be so big it went our of frame or out of view).
If you are talking about focal distance or in your case "focal length", that is a different issue. Most built-in camcorder lenses can focus from macro to infinity. In most cases, you can find an adapter to adapt a 35mm camera lens onto the front of the built-in camcorder lens, and then, focal length and "reach" come into play because your camera lens is based on f-stops. Several professional camcorders (such as the Sony PMW-EX3) also allow the removal of the camcorder's lens and the placement of another lens including those from 35mm cameras to be installed instead for specialized filming situations.
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