| | Camcorder -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Prior to the introduction of the camcorder, the video camera and the VCR were two separate devices. |
 | | Video cameras were originally designed for broadcasting (A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) television images--see (Television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam) television camera. |
 | | Video is captured by way of the camera lens, and is sent to a CCD ((Click link for more info and facts about charge-coupled device) charge-coupled device), possibly processed, compressed, and then to final storage. |
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