Capturing is video and still images is a very import part of multimeda and you want to make sure that you are using the best equipment possibel for the job your are doing and this can be tricky with so many options.
SLR (Single Lens Reflex) refers to how the light enters the camera. These are the cameras you see many professionals and serious amateurs lugging around. These cameras have a larger body than most P&S cameras and interchangeable lenses. While SLRs started out a fully manual, where the photographer had to control all features including focus, most of these cameras are capable of acting in a fully automatic mode just like a P&S. Many now allow the photographer the freedom to also take control of all functions or any combination of functions. These cameras allow for great control over the photography process and allow the photographer to take images not always possible with a P&S.
Features
* shutter speed
* aperture
* film speed
* focus point
* magnification (through the use of various lenses)
* capability for add-on flashes
* remote releases
* additional battery packs
Canon EOS 500D Digital SLR Camera
Compact Digital cameras tend to be small, light weight and portable. The are suitable for casual and snapshot use hense the nickname “point and shoot”. Compact cameras are usually designed to be easy to use, sacrificing advanced features and picture quality for compactness and simplicity; images can usually only be stored using lossy compression (JPEG).
Features
* Metering systems, which calculates the amount of light entering the camera
* Variable shutter speed
* Variable aperture
* Zoom lenses
* Automatic focus
* Preset controls for various photographic situations such as:
- landscapes
- nighttime
- people
- close-up or macro
When choosing a Camcorder for multimedia there are quite alot of options depending on what type of project your working on -
If your are looking for a camcorder to shoot creative projects such as short films or TV programs you’re looking for a camcorder that’s going to give you a broadcast quality picture and be compatible with professional video editing programs and equipment. You will also want to manually adjust things such as your camcorders focus and aperture. MiniDV is currently the most popular format used for professional camcorders. MiniDV allows you to shoot high quality video and thats compatible with all major video editing programs. MiniDV camcorders are typically more affordable than their HDD and DVD counterparts due to th fact that they use tape. Each MiniDV tape will typically hold an hour of footage depending on the filming quality i.e HD.
Features:
- Optical Image Stabiliser
- Total manual image control
- 20x Optical Zoom/100xDigital Zoom
Canon DM-XM2 Professional MiniDV Camcorder
When making small clips from multimedia like streaming content i.e youtube videos a hard disk camcorder are probabliy your best option as they are reletively cheap, light weight and simple to use some even offer 1 click uploading to youtube. The video can be capture a variety of formats and is stored directy to a memory card. Mery Cards can store anything from 1Gb to 100Gb depending on the price your willing to pay for it. A hard disk camcorder breaks up each recording session into different files making it easy for you find and upload the individual clips you want after shooting.
Features:
- On board Storage
- point and shoot
High speed camcorders are used to film slow motion playback films. Where a normal camera will capture 25 frames per second for film or Tv a high speed camera will capture 250,000, the fastest will captuer upto 2 million frames per second. They tend to be used for scientic research such as car safty tests and documeterys. They are highly expernsive that can cost upto and beyone £50,000.
Features
- high speed vidoe capture
