Tips on Buying a Digital Camcorder
A little confused about how to choose the right digital camcorder? PCWorld has an article offering some shopping tips:
- Check out the LCD screen in daylight, if possible
- Look at the lens’s optical zoom ratio instead of the digital zoom ratio
- For longer recording times, buy a higher-capacity battery
- Front-mounted microphones get better results
- Buy an external microphone for the best sound.
- Try out the camera’s controls before you buy
- Check out exposure controls
- Low-light options let you shoot in the dark
- Look for wide-angle shooting
- Know your format
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