Quick Noob Question

[Pie_Tech]

So, in a camera there are many components. If you have a $2000 studio grade 1080p beast and a 1080p camcorder, what's the difference? I understand that many components come into factor so yeah... (this is excluding internal microphones)

 

Thanks,

Nub Pie_Tech

[AlwaysFSX]

A quality sensor I would assume.

[Enderman]

a higher quality sensor could have more accurate colours, better optics, higher framerates, uncompressed video output, more image options, more sharpness, etc...

[GoldSrc]

The sensor and the optics, but mostly the optics, good quality glass is expensive.

[Joey2Sites]

Mainly the sensor.  Many components, like you said.. but the sensor is the big one.

[Bsmith]

sensor quality, bit rate, storage solution's, max FPS, compatability with lenses and other things(like external monitors) in and out puts, and more things like that.

[Dredgy]

Yea don't underestimate professional connections such as SDI, XLR and the like. Some studio cameras don't record to memory cards so you need an external recorder.