There are just two basic types of camcorder¬digital and analogue - but each comes in many varieties. If you bought your camcorder a while ago, it may use analogue tape (VHS-C, Video8 or Hi8), in which case you'll need special analogue-to-digital capture hardware to transfer footage from tapes to a Pc. The most popular digital video format is still miniDV tape, sometimes just called 'DV: Many camcorders use miniDV, including the Sony HandyCam DCR-HC47E.

priced from around Rs.20,000. Some camcorders can also record straight to blank DVDs. Some cameras shoot straight to hard disk or memory cards, but picture quality can suffer because of the compression used in these formats. New high-definition camcorders provide the best picture quality, but HDV format camcorders are still expensive.

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