Fritz
I have recently purchased a new digital camcorder.
If you are interested it was a JVC Everio Gz-Mg330.
It is really good for taking videos; quality is really impressive.
A test video I found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP0fOMQaBgo
However, the still image shots are disappointing.
I heard the CCD censor had something to do with that,
On my camcorder the CCD censor is only 800K pixels (something similar, less than a mega pixel anyway)
I was wondering, during playback on my pc, if I took a screen shot of the video so I got a still frame, would this effectively be a better quality image than if I took the still image with my camcorder?
Thanks for reading & a Response would be fantastic:)
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Your Everio is my personal favorite camcorder for its price range. I've experienced your situation, and I believe taking a screenshot of a still frame of video is effectively the same quality as the still images taken by this camcorder.
They are fine if you just want to upload to Facebook or Photobucket or something. I like higher resolution for use in Photoshop so I stick to a separate digital still camera and just use the Everio for video.
Your Everio is my personal favorite camcorder for its price range. I've experienced your situation, and I believe taking a screenshot of a still frame of video is effectively the same quality as the still images taken by this camcorder.
They are fine if you just want to upload to Facebook or Photobucket or something. I like higher resolution for use in Photoshop so I stick to a separate digital still camera and just use the Everio for video.
Do Hard Drive camcorders still have lower image quality than miniDV ones?
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All websites suggest that Hard drive camcorders provide lower image quality than miniDV because of their mpeg-2 compressed format. Is that still true, or is this something that has been fixed on the newer hard drive camcorders? Also is there a difference in this specific regard between the cheaper (~$600) hard drive camcorders and the more expensive ones today?
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Yes, HDD camcorders still record in mpeg2 video format - at least for the standard definition (not HD).
mpeg2 is the same format as standard DVDs, so the video quality is not bad. If the miniDV videos are transferred to a DVD, you would have about the same quality as the video straight out of a HDD camcorder.
The major drawback with the HDD camcorders is that mpeg2 is not a good format for editing (i.e., compressed & interlaced)
Yes, HDD camcorders still record in mpeg2 video format - at least for the standard definition (not HD).
mpeg2 is the same format as standard DVDs, so the video quality is not bad. If the miniDV videos are transferred to a DVD, you would have about the same quality as the video straight out of a HDD camcorder.
The major drawback with the HDD camcorders is that mpeg2 is not a good format for editing (i.e., compressed & interlaced)
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