Is this a Digital camera, if so what type of video compression?
1987969
It is digital tape camera and uses minihdv tapes...in theory it is supposed to be uncompressed I believe
199006
No, because this is not a digital camera. It is a 35mm Film camera as stated in the ad.
523589
The camera is just a camera with networking capabilities. Really iffy network capabilities. If you're looking for a reliable internet video link, look elsewhere. This is not it.
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No unfortunately not, but the quality is decent enough for you to screen grab stills from the video. Hope that helps.
2037815
Nope, conventional film type ONLY, NOT digital. It's still among the better 35mm cameras.
2211627
Nope. This is a pretty basic camcorder. Does not have that kind of versatility.
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My guess is no because the GoPro shoots in an odd codec of MP4. I typically have to convert this in Final Cut or it makes my computer choke.
730851
I had this camera and it doesn't take photos. You'd need to look at much newer models for video recording.
1850835
Hello....Yes!!! The camera does video. The Micro SD doesn't included. Best Regards
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I'd just like to second this question, as I'm facing the same choice myself right now. A review of the Panasonic camera says that unit doesn't offer a RAW image format, but it wasn't really clear if the image compression "noise" was only visible on printouts, or if it shows up on your computer or television screen as well.
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Nope SD card is only to take low quality JPEG images. All video recording is captured to the DV tape or to an external HDMI capture device.
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It's not digital, but it's a great camera. If you're special finally looking for dslr this won't work for you
1938219
Yes only digital... Well it might have a small optical zoom (5x or 10x) but I would not use the digital zoom as it gets very grainy. Honestly stopped using it after a year, case cracker twice, and the battery overheats causing it to drain really fast. Wouldn't film 10min with out powering down, and it was "fully charged'. I can't really recommend this camera. Sony point and shoots take better video...
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Yes, it takes reasonable video for an inexpensive camera. The video function is minimal as this is not a 'video camera' per se.
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I'm not that familiar with your current camera, but I tell you I am very happy with my new video camera. I don't know if your camera offers HD video or not, but that's one thing that makes this one great.
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I don't believe that you can...NO.However, saying that; the video recording always produces a jpeg from the first frame or so of the video, that appears when you download the video to your computer.
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It has a camera, not a very good one (lo-res pixel count). I'm not aware of it being able to take video.