Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lightweight, handheld video camera, especially one that records data in digital form onto a storage device such as a videotape, DVD, or hard disk.
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- noun a
portable electronic device forrecording images andaudio on to astorage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a singleunit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a portable television camera and videocassette recorder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Throw in the fact that it appears to have been filmed on a VHS camcorder from the mid-90s, and the fight scenes were apparently choreographed by your neighbour's slow-witted 11-year-old nephew.
The worst movie ever made Tyler 2009
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But a full-featured camcorder is not going to fit into a purse or pocket.
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Abrams limited himself to the medium of a camcorder from a singular POV and that, of course, will leave questions unanswered because you only see what the camcorder sees.
America's Scariest Home Videos Tyler 2009
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Another factor to consider before buying a camcorder is how much experience you have with photography, imaging and videography?
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The big advantage to shooting video on a digital SLR, vs. a consumer camcorder is the ability to use an accessory lens.
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Throw in the fact that it appears to have been filmed on a VHS camcorder from the mid-90s, and the fight scenes were apparently choreographed by your neighbour's slow-witted 11-year-old nephew.
Archive 2009-01-25 Tyler 2009
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A second model, the $1,499 DZ-BD7HA camcorder, is a hybrid -- meaning it provides Blu-ray disc recording capability and the ability to record onto a 30 gigabyte built-in hard drive (up to four hours of HD or 8 hours of lower quality video).
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"A camcorder is coming at just the right time," said Andrews.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Philips has released a "keychain camcorder," which PC Magazine describes as a "thumb drive with a lens."
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Annoying kids from an MTV reality show running from monsters on poorly filmed camcorder is the next big thing in cinema, I’ve always said.
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