Do consumer camcorders have slow-motion capabilities?

Do consumer camcorders have slow-motion capabilities?

Tim Smith (Camcorder Training Specialist) gives expert video advice on: What does the "spotlight" function on my camcorder do?; Should I use my camcorder's "widescreen" mode?; Do consumer camcorders have slow-motion capabilities? and more...

You've been looking for that slow-motion function on your camera and you haven't been able to find it anywhere. That's because video cameras, at least the ones I know of, don't have a slow-motion function. That's something that's done later on in the edit, maybe on your computer, where you can slow things up and really look at it. The important thing to know about slow-motion is if you really want detail, the higher the shutter speed when you're shooting, the better it's going to look when you take into your computer and then move it into that slow-motion function. If you're interested in slow-motion, shoot for slow motion by raising your shutter speed, and then do the slow-motion in your edit process later on.