On 10 Jul 2001 07:18:35 -0700, hmayer@norgrenauto.com (hal) wrote:

>is there any cheaper camcorder out there that isn't so grainny
>looking. My dad has a sharp camcorder about 400 and it looks as good
>as a 900 sony camcorder i purchased yesterday. Both have a graininess
>to them. should i be looking at a different type of video recorder
>without the ccd. i want to be able to look at the picture without the
>graininess.

?????
"Graininess" can appear for many reasons
in video images:
- too low a light level (gain too high)
- ND filter in, in moderate light (gain
too high)
- AE-A f-stop selected too small for the
light level (gain too high)
- fine detail rendered by a sharp Mini-DV
camcorder ("mosquito" noise)
- one-chip high-resolution Mini-DV camcorder
used ("mosquito" noise, plus "stairstepping",
which can be mistaken for noise in complex
images with high-contrast textures)
- color-impurity noise in one-chip camcorder
- visible color filter in one-chip camcorder
- poor TV or computor monitor, with large
pixel size
Probably more...