A Buyer’s quick guide to Pocket Camcorders

If you are a blogger or use the internet to share videos and photos with others, you will appreciate the power of real time sharing. Whilst most mobile phones are capable of recording and subsequently sharing video, images and other media on the internet through websites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, being able to post content to your own website or blog is often more important for an avid blogger or sharer. Many pocket camcorders that are available today can record both video and photos like the Bloggie series from Sony and most allow for interconnectivity with all kinds of internet sources including public and private sharing.

Finding the right pocket camcorder for your particular preferences or needs is dependent on several factors such as main use, must have features, and add-ons.

If you are sure of your potential pocket camcorder’s main use, you may wish to consider the following scenarios: For recording video outside, you may wish to consider the many outdoor and waterproof pocket camcorders that are available. However, if size is of upmost importance, you may want to go with something smaller and more pocket friendly.

Finding a pocket camcorder that can offer you all the must-have features is important to the buyer’s decision. Having dual functionality of photos and video recording is essential if you do not plan on having an extra camera on-hand for still images. The camcorder’s video recording capabilities should also be considered. If you plan on recording high quality, consider getting a camera that can shoot at least 720p or DVD quality video. It’s common to find 720p HD video recording on most pocket camcorders. If you are lucky enough, you may be able to find a pocket camcorder that can shoot at least 1080i or 1080p video. 1080i is ideal for fast paced action while Full HD 1080p will probably consume a lot of storage space.

It may be preferable to your needs to find a pocket camcorder like Bloggie that allows you to at least have 8 GB or more storage space, especially if you are recording Full HD video a lot. Your pocket camcorder’s battery life is another factor that should be considered. If you plan on being away from a main power source for a long time whilst recording, it is essential to use a pocket camcorder that will allow you to hot-swap batteries or has back up batteries so that you will not be left with out power.

Connecting Your Pocket Camcorder to A HDTV

Televisions have been around for the same time that camcorders have been. Although most camcorders that were around in the early days of TV were reserved for professional recording, the industry has come quite far to the place where normal people can now be a part of the creative video process, creating and sharing their videos. Pocket camcorders such as the bloggie series, and Flip Mino camcorders have video output capabilities to display and share content on the big screen. For the web user who loves to share video with friends and family in person, this option can be a deal breaker. Although most pocket camcorders come with built in software that allows users to edit and save video on the camera as well as for viewing on HDTVs.

There are some essentials to enjoying this video output and these two options are often overlooked extras. The video output port and HD video support. Although most do support HD videos, the actual picture resolution varies because there are several picture resolutions, 720p and 1080i, there are some pocket camcorders like the Sony’s are able to record video in 1080p which is Full HD.

To enjoy high-definition video, you have to record in HD keep the content in HD without compressing it and also being able to output via either an HDMI port of another connection port. Some pocket camcorders come with easy to use software packages, the Flip Mino series comes with in-built software that works on multiple OS systems. Some pocket camcorders can even load and reformat video for web uploading.

If you will use your pocket camcorder for sharing videos this feature can be the deal breaker. Also unless you plan to share your video on the internet, you will not want to compress the video or resize it using any built in software.

Making sure that your pocket camcorder is able to achieve what you want it to is very important and although most may consider pocket camcorders to be low risk items, there is no way to replace recorded videos once it has been recorded and memories are all you have left. Making memories and sharing them is the main reason most people have pocket camcorders to begin with.