Canon VIXIA Camcorder

Everything You Should Know About Camcorders

Take a video of the first snowfall of the year or record a wedding that you are attending with a camcorder. The Canon VIXIA camcorder can provide you with the means to capture video in a variety of different resolutions, including standard definition and high-definition resolutions. Camcorders can also come equipped with many features, such as a built-in microphone, Bluetooth functionality, time-lapse capture, image stabilization, and night vision.

There are multiple types of storage, such as:

• Internal: This type of storage is designed to fit permanently into the inner design of the camcorder, which means that this storage cannot be removed. There are a variety of different types of internal storage that your VIXIA camcorder can be equipped with, including HDD and SSD hard drives. Some of these devices will include an area for a second hard drive to be placed.
• Removable: This type of storage can be removed once you have finished filling it up with videos. The many different types of removable storage that these camcorders can be compatible with include cassette tapes and discs. Some also use an SD card.
• Internal/Removable: Some camcorders support both internal and removable storage types.

The optical zoom of a camcorder refers to real zoom of the camcorder lens. When you adjust the zoom of a camcorder, the lens will move in or out to get either closer or further away from the subject. These camcorders come with a wide range of different zoom amounts that extend from 2x magnification to upward of 60x magnification.

Here are some camcorder choices:

• Pocket: This is a type of camcorder that comes without tape and is typically small enough to fit into a pocket. See the manufacturer sites for details. They are equipped with screens of around 1.5 inches and have the ability to capture both high definition and standard definition video. These camcorders always use some type of internal hard drive or memory card to save the videos that you capture, which are usually 128 megabytes or higher. Given the compact nature of these devices, they come with built-in USB ports that allow the transfer of videos from one device to another.
• Professional: This type of camcorder is designed with a large feature set that can be used for the making of many different types of videos. These cameras usually support a wide variety of storage media types. These camcorders can typically capture video in several frame-rates that include 24 frames per second, which is often referred to as cinema mode.
• Helmet/Action: This video camera type is designed to be attached to a bike helmet or motorcycle helmet for capturing video when your hands are full. Some of these cameras can also be attached to the chest with a variety of straps.