Complex sentence: Newer analog and all digital camcorders use a solid state Charge Coupled Device (CCD) imaging device, or more recently a CMOSis in the manner in which that'scanning' is accomplished.
Split into simpler sentences: Newer analog and all digital camcorders use a solid state Charge Coupled Device (CCD) imaging device, or more recently a CMOS imager. The principal difference in the latter two devices is in the manner in which that'scanning' is accomplished.