Timidly appeared in 2005, high-definition camcorders becoming more democratic. Although they only represent 6% of 700000 camcorders sold in France last year, these models to images hyperdetaillees and its 5.1 to 13 account for 15% of sales volume in 2008, but especially for 25% of revenue from manufacturers. Which fourbissent their weapons, Canon wants all costs dethrone the leader Sony, which has 65% market share. With the hope that the HD off even more." Between the analog and digital, it took three years for the market to shift. We hope that this will be faster with the HD, "predicted one for Sony. Side choice format camcorder storage is crucial and must guide the purchase. Journal of detail.
On disk Give preference for the duration of registration. It reached 100 GB on the A100F Toshiba, or 120 GB (or 12 hours of HD) on the top end of JVC GZ-HD6 sold 1499 euros. The problem, we must then sort, edit and store their video there.
On memory card simplicity and compactness are the arguments of those devices called "flash", especially promoted by Panasonic with its SD9 (800 euros) or by Canon HF and its 10 available in May (1299 euros). Wholesale addition, the model has an internal memory of 16 GB (7 hours of HD video). Side maps, capacities soar, with 32 GB promised for the summer, or 4 hours of video Full HD.
On mini-DVD Ease of use is the primary purpose of these camcorders. Other side of the coin, we need a Blu-Ray to reread the exhibition HD disks recorded. Budget: 800 euros.
On MiniDV cassette The preferred medium for achieving montages then, even on the Macintosh. Starting from 750 euros.
Blu-Ray Of A key, 25 GB of capacity, but only one camera available, the DZ-BD70E Hitachi (about 1100 euros).