video camera

n. A camera that captures moving images and converts them into electronic signals so that they can be saved on a storage device, such as videotape or a memory card, or viewed on a monitor.

Translations

摄像机摄影机

video

(ˈvidiəu) – plural ˈvideos – noun1. the recording or broadcasting (by means of a video recorder) of television pictures and sound. （透过录像机）录像或录影 2. a videotape. 录像带3. (also video cassette recorder; ~VCR) a machine used for watching or recording television films and programmes on videotape. 录像机 verb to record on a video recorder or videotape. He videoed the television programme on volcanoes.录像ˈvideo arcade noun a place where people can play video games on machines. 电子游戏廊ˈvideo camera noun a camera for shooting video films. 摄影机ˈvideo (cassette) recorder nounsee video. ˈvideo jockey nounsee VJ. ˈvideotape noun a magnetic tape for recording video films. 录像带 verb to record a film etc on video. 录像

video camera

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video camera

An electronic device that captures and records motion pictures one frame at a time. Each frame is captured as a series of horizontal lines, the number of which determines the fundamental visual quality of the images. For example, North American analog TV (NTSC) has 525 lines of "standard definition" (SD) resolution, 480 of which are the image. Analog TV was superseded by digital TV, which provides 480 lines of SD resolution along with 720 and 1080 lines of "high-definition" (HD) resolution. See video format, camcorder, SD formats, HD formats, NTSC, DTV and video/TV history.

High Tech for 1939

This RCA video camera from 1939 used the all-electronic Iconoscope picture tube, but did not even have a viewfinder. That came later. Videotape recording would not come until 1956. (Image courtesy of Early Television Foundation, www.earlytelevision.org)