What are the benefits of a camcorder?

What are the benefits of a camcorder?

Tim Smith (Camcorder Training Specialist) gives expert video advice on: What is the difference between "film" and "video"?; What are the benefits of a camcorder?; When is it time for a new camcorder? and more...

People are purchasing camcorders really to record memories. It's really not about the camcorder as much as it is recording those memories and and archiving those memories for a lifetime. You're only going to see your baby take his first steps once. You'll maybe only get to Europe that one time and I think human beings want to relive those moments. We filter out the moments we don't want to remember, but we definitely want to relive the ones that were the good moments. And whether you're shooting a still or shooting a video, that's what you want to do. I think that video is so important for capturing really the dimension of what happened, you know, not just the stills. Stills are wonderful, but the sound that goes with it. You know the sound of a baby's voice, not just a picture of the baby in a crib. Although I'm sure you get all the warm fuzzies you can want out of a out of a a photograph. You really can relive the moment with video, and that's what really what video does best. I have my sons first steps on a video tape. We were at a trade show and there were like ten cameras in my hotel room and for some reason he just decided to walk and you know I- based on what I do, I'm never more than an arms length away from a camcorder. So, I can actually show you his first steps. I don't know anybody that has that. They have steps around when he started to walk or she started to walk, but I have the first ones. So it's very that's a moment I relive all the time.