What are the pros and cons of camcorders that record directly to flash disc?

What are the pros and cons of camcorders that record directly to flash disc?

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Of late there's been camcorders produced that record directly to flash, although that's probably still very uncommon compared to other formats. The advantage is we can make those very very small because of the media being very very small, but in order to get a decent recording you have to apply an awful lot of compression, so typically the flash drive camcorders really give you the weakest image, but give you the most portability and ease of use. You tend to find that even in still cameras that record video to a flash memory. Interchangable, so you can bring more media with you, small, but a lot of compression, so not the best of picture qualities as of yet.