Capturing family memories to share with your friends and family is something we have done since we could take pictures. With the invention of the movie camera we were able to make it a more interesting endeavour. Camcorders have come a long way. From, Betamax, VHS, 8 mm, DVD and MiniDV to our latest tapeless mini digital camcorders. Weight and size of mini digital camcorders are more than half of what they were only three years ago. Utilizing SDHC memory cards and hard drives. Mini digital camcorders can shoot family movies or any film in high definition video and audio. There so many make and models, that there are literally dozens of option s for every stage of audio video enthusiast. From the beginner to the high end professional, there is a mini digital camcorder that will suit your need and budget.
What Are My Options? What s Out There?
Companies like Sanyo Xacti, JVC mini digital camcorders, Samsung, Sony Handycam, Hitachi, and many other up and coming companies have boarded the mini digital camcorder market train. For example Sanyo Xacti is available in many different models to target many markets and price ranges. The Xacti comes as several models like the VPC CG-10, VPC-TH1, VPC-WH1, VPC-FH1, VPC-CG9, VPC-HD1000, VPC-HD1010, and the VPC-E2. All of the aforementioned mini digital camcorder models offered by Sanyo are the latest in there line up. There were many models before these in previous years, and there will be many more in upcoming years. They all offer you various features. Some models will do high definition video at 1080p; some are waterproof for underwater video. Most offer you the ability to quickly add your videos online to popular sites like YouTube, and Facebook. Some models have hard drives and others offer the ability to support SDHC up to 32GB. The prices for these mini digital camcorders start at $199.99 US and go up to over $700.00 US.
The mini digital camcorder format is great because of its size and weight. The cameras in most cases are small and compact enough to fit into a pocket, and battery technology is sophisticated enough to give you hours of operation on a single charge. Most mini digital camcorders can be held with one hand in an open palm some much like holding a spray nozzle on your garden hose, with flip out LCD screens you no longer need to hold the camera near your eyes or face.
Regardless of the company or its device there are many functions and capabilities. Shop around, every company manufactures a great camera in your price range, and once you find yourself a mini digital camcorder worth your ownership, you will enjoy many hours of video recording, and your family and friends will enjoy the online publishing and DVD publishing you will do! For $300 – $500 you can purchase a very good fully loaded mini digital camcorder from any of your favourite manufacturers for many years of use.