{"id":1607,"date":"2010-05-14T00:56:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T05:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2010-05-14T21:29:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T02:29:30","slug":"camcorder-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2010\/05\/14\/camcorder-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Camcorder Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shopping for a family video camera these days, there are reasons you might ask yourself if you even need a full-sized camcorder thanks to some new technological alternatives. <\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s amazing how small camcorders have gotten over the last decade.  I remember the first video camera my family bought was a large over-the-shoulder unit that recorded to full-size VHS tapes.  However, even with hard drive camcorders shrinking every day, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still not small enough to take with you on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few alternatives for shooting video on the go:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pocket Camcorders<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c These flash-memory based camcorders from the likes of Flip Video, Kodak or Insignia, have exploded in popularity due to their extreme portability, price and ease of use.  Even the higher-end models capable of HD video are affordable enough to be popular with teenagers looking to keep their YouTube accounts filled with fresh video of their daily life.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Point &#038; Shoot Cameras<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c These sleek and slim digital cameras have learned new tricks by using the same lens technology they take still images with to also record video.  Many models, such as those from Canon and Sony, can shoot HD video comparable to the pocket HD camcorders, but with the added advantage of taking great still shots as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPod Nano<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Although the video recorded by these tiny MP3 players from Apple are only SD, the fact that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re more likely to be with you on the go means they will be there for when you absolutely need to get video of that crazy scene you just walked past on the way to work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smartphones<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c There are a huge number of choices here, but in between all the apps each platform has, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re also seeing better built-in cameras on many makes and models that mean you can not only shoot video on the go, but often edit it on the phone itself before uploading directly to YouTube and posting about it on Twitter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shopping for a family video camera these days, there are reasons you might ask yourself if you even need a full-sized camcorder thanks to some new technological alternatives. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s amazing how small camcorders have gotten over the last decade. I remember the first video camera my family bought was a large over-the-shoulder unit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2010\/05\/14\/camcorder-alternatives\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Camcorder Alternatives&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[254,256,257,255,449,20],"class_list":["post-1607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-camcorders","tag-digital-cameras","tag-ipods","tag-smartphones","tag-technology","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1609,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}