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  • rawbee
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2005
    • 11

    Digital Camcorders

    I have many digital camcorders but they use what looks like film or tape. Is the film just encoded with a digital signal that enables it to be transferred to a computer and such? If so how does that work? When I have footage on my computer stored on my hard drive I understand that it is digital and in a file format, but is this the same for when it is on a digital camera using film? How could it be on film and be digital? Is the film being used in a traditional sense; obviously not or it wouldn't be called digital. Digital means electrical and thus would mean nothing mechanical is being used, such as film. A digital SLR uses memory cards instead of film, this makes sense; it's not mechanical and uses nothing but electrical signals to encode hundreds of photos on something the size of a quarter. But isn't film just film and not digital in anyway. Does the film just work like the memory card? Forgive me I'm just a junior member.
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  • anonymez
    Super Moderator
    • Mar 2004
    • 5525

    #2
    that's a lot of questions. i could either write you a short essay, or give you a couple of links





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    • atifsh
      Lord of Digital Video
      Lord of Digital Video
      • May 2003
      • 1534

      #3
      comon Anonymez, thats just 7 questions......
      Seems like as soon you buy somehing, v. 2 comes out 1.5 times as fast!..!

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      • anonymez
        Super Moderator
        • Mar 2004
        • 5525

        #4
        that's 6 questions too many
        "What were the things in Gremlins called?" - Karl Pilkington

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