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Video camera
Camcorders, blueray video camaras
Industry: Recording equipment
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Video camera
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 software corrected ...
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 trigger and can output a ...
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 sources are then ...
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 the color hue. A ...
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.
