Well, I got a Samsung camcorder. Its nice camera, but the video quality isn’t that great. Only a 1CCD camcorder. :o
I want something better than just a 1CCD camcorder, but I’m not willing, nor do I have enough money to buy a $1000-$3000 3CCD camcorder.
If you guys have links to a camera right in between those two, that would be great.
So pretty much I am trying to find the highest quality 1CCD camera I can find.
Your standards are too high for your budget.
The 3-CCD cameras are pretty new to the market (at the consumer level), and I don’t think there are any under $1000. But there are some really nice “regular” cameras for less. The question of whether to save up or buy now…
Yeah, if I had enough to buy a 3CCD camera I would just save up, but theres a lot happening right now, money wise, so I wouldnt be able to save up for a while.
Im pretty new to the CCD stuff, and saw things of 1\4th and 1\3. What exactly do those mean? I think it has something to do with resolution.
I’ve got a Samsung. It cost about $350 or maybe a little more. I’ve never even heard of CCD’s, how do you tell what it is, etc.?
Anyway, the quality of mine is okay for me, my only problem is I don’t know the best way to upload it, with windows movie faker thereare so many settings for uploading, format, and stuff…
Please use the terms in a sentence. They might be talking about aspect ratio (picture dimensions). Old-school television is 4:3, widescreen TVs are 16:9, etc.
CCD stands for Charge Coupled Device. It’s the light-sensitive “thingy” that picks up the light coming through your lens and turns it into digital data. It’s your “film plane” in old-school terminology. Beyond that I know more about the ones in still cameras than video cameras. The bigger your CCD is, the more light it can capture. That’s why professional cameras have 35mm-sized CCDs while consumer cameras have much smaller ones. You can cram 10-million pixels onto a 1/4" CCD, but you’ll need a lot more light to record a picture with as much detail as a 35mm CCD in a pro camera. So those cameras are much better for sports, for example.
Some cameras, like my Canon 20D, use a CMOS (Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) for their image capturing device. I’m not sure what the pros & cons are, but I know they both work.
1/3 and 1/4 are in units of inches, talking about the size of the CCD chip. Generally, the larger the CCD chip, the beter quality (I think).
I know what CCD is, im just trying to find a camcorder with a good CCD size, without getting too expensive.
I wish I had the money for a 3CCD camcorder. A CCD chip for each color, but the price is way to high for me.
So I gotta keep it in the selection of 1CCD.
As you probably already know, 1CCD has different CCD size. There isnt just one set CCD size.
The very basic of 1CCD gives a CCD size of 1/6", that gives a CCD pixel of 640k.
As the CCD size gets higher, to a 1/5", you get a CCD pixel of 1330k.
Basically, I am just trying to find a higher quality 1CCD, within a reasonable price, and was hoping you guys would know of some.
So far, these two look promising, and come with a reasonable still image size too.
Leaning way towards the 2nd one. =p