camcorder accessories canon
I bought the Canon ZR830 MiniDV Camcorder on Amazon today. But I don’t know…?
1) if MiniDV stands for mini DVDs – and, if so, if I have to buy them.
2) what accessories, if any, I have to buy to make the camcorder work.
3) whether it will be able to record me giving a lecture that, when played back, will have a soundtrack of the speech, not just a “silent movie.”
4) how to create regular DVDs of what is filmed with the camcorder.
I know, these may be really dumb questions, but I’ve never owned a camcorder before! I’m attending a conference next week and I don’t know what I’ll need to bring along besides the camcorder itself.
Any advice would be most appreciated!
1) MiniDV stands for Miniature Digital Video, which is stored on very small cassette tapes. They are reffered to as miniDV tapes, and you can purchase them at any local electronics or department store. Also, I have some offered by Amazon listed below .
2) It should come with the cables you need to charge the camera’s battery and probably those you need to show it on a TV. It will most likely also come with 1 standard battery. However, it will most likely not come with a case, the cable you would need to hook it up to a computer, or any tapes to record to. I have examples of each of those offered by Amazon listed below.
3) Yes, it absolutely will be able to record your lecture with full audio. It even has a remote so that you can control it while being recorded.
4) To create standard DVDs from what you have recorded you can hook it up to a computer and then create a DVD through the computer. The cable to do so (via FireWire, a.k.a. IEEE 1394) is listed below.
Canon DC210, DC220, DC50 mini DV digital camcorders
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