Comments on: Can any pocket video cameras on the market record as good a quality video as a mini dv camcorder? http://www.portableme.com/video-cameras/can-any-pocket-video-cameras-on-the-market-record-as-good-a-quality-video-as-a-mini-dv-camcorder Everything about Gadgets and Portable Electronics Tue, 22 May 2012 06:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Little Dog http://www.portableme.com/video-cameras/can-any-pocket-video-cameras-on-the-market-record-as-good-a-quality-video-as-a-mini-dv-camcorder#comment-28176 Little Dog Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:36:59 +0000 http://www.portableme.com/video-cameras/can-any-pocket-video-cameras-on-the-market-record-as-good-a-quality-video-as-a-mini-dv-camcorder#comment-28176 I guess it depends on the camcorder - but most likely not. Since you did not tell us which miniDV tape based camcorder, this is only a guess - and we don't know if you are comparing a high definition pocket cam. But it is likely the pocket cams all have smaller lenses and imaging chips - and we already know they compress the digital video data more than DV format does... Less compression + larger lens + larger imaging chip = better video quality.<br><b>References : </b><br> I guess it depends on the camcorder - but most likely not. Since you did not tell us which miniDV tape based camcorder, this is only a guess - and we don’t know if you are comparing a high definition pocket cam. But it is likely the pocket cams all have smaller lenses and imaging chips - and we already know they compress the digital video data more than DV format does…

Less compression + larger lens + larger imaging chip = better video quality.
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