2007 camcorder technology same as 90s technology?

Question

i have a 2007 sony dvd camcorder

is the technology of this camcorder the same technology film makers use to make movies during the 90s or 80s?

Answer 1

I recently processed an analog hi8 cassette with a 90s Sony and the quality was equal to that of my Sony digital-8 camcorder. I was pretty surprised by that, actually. I do have good quality processing equipment for analog. I run it thru a Datavideo Time Base Corrector which corrects any jitter or mis-synced frames. Then into a Hauppauge analog to video capture card.

Answer 2

No. DVD based camcorders compress a lot more than what they were using. The result is editing DVD based camcorder video is poor quality video.

At least in the 80s, they were using BETA - much better than VHS - but it was still analog. In the 90s, miniDV tape was just starting to come out - and it continues to provide the best available quality because DV and HDV video formats do not compress the digital video as much as internal hard drive, flash memory based or DVD based consumer camcorders (MPEG2, AVCHD, VOB)... which is why the pros don't use that type of media (and not much analog, anymore, either).

Don't confuse "new" with better - especially in the video world. The compression at the start of the capture process that DVD cameras use does not allow good quality video downstream. Compress all you want at the END of the project - but at the start, well, that is just a bad idea.