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Recording equipment

Any equipment used to record sound or visual images.

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square pixel

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Used to qualify a CCD sensor where the centers of the pixels are equally spaced horizontally and vertically. Pictures captured from this type of non-square pixel sensor need to be ...

strobe synchronization

Consumer electronics; Video camera

This function is designed to capture fast moving, full frame images by firing a strobe light in a dark lighting condition. The camera synchronizes the timing of the external ...

synchronization (Sync)

Consumer electronics; Video camera

When synchronized, the horizontal and vertical timing of a camera output are locked to an external signal coming, for example, from another camera. Picture outputs from both ...

subcarrier

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The 4.43 MHz (PAL) or 3.59 MHz (NTSC) signal that is used as a carrier for the color information. This subcarrier is modulated in amplitude by the color saturation and in phase by ...

U and V

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The names given to the two video color difference signals (R-Y and B-Y) in their coded form in the PAL or NTSC color systems. See also Y/R-Y/B-Y.

ultra mount

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Type of camera mount in which there is 6.7 mm clearance between the lens rear mounting surface and the camera’s CCD.

VBS (video + burst + sync)

Consumer electronics; Video camera

The composite video signal, including color information.

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