page_title: Camcorder
section_title: Media
hierarchical_section_title: Camcorder / Uses / Media
caption_attribution_description: Panasonic Camcorder in Use
context_page_description: A camcorder is an electronic device originally combining a video camera and a videocassette recorder.
  The earliest camcorders were tape-based, recording analog signals onto videotape cassettes. In 2006, digital recording became the norm, with tape replaced by storage media such as mini-HD, microDVD, internal flash memory and SD cards.
  More recent devices capable of recording video are camera phones and digital cameras primarily intended for still pictures; the term "camcorder" may be used to describe a portable, self-contained device, with video capture and recording its primary function, often having advanced functions over more common cameras.
context_section_description: Camcorders are used by nearly all electronic media, from electronic-news organizations to current-affairs TV productions. In remote locations, camcorders are useful for initial video acquisition; the video is subsequently transmitted electronically to a studio or production center for broadcast. Scheduled events (such as press conferences), where a video infrastructure is readily available or can be deployed in advance, are still covered by studio-type video cameras "tethered" to production trucks.
caption: Operating a Panasonic VDRM70 DVD camcorder with one hand
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