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How to Get the Most Out of Your Digital Camcorder

Super Slow Motion Recording & Interval Recording



Both digital cameras and camcorders are important tools to capture important family events such as school ceremonies, graduation ceremonies and other happy moments. However, larger digital camcorders - as opposed to digital cameras that can fit in the palm of your hand - are rarely used and can often end up lying forgotten in your drawer for a long time. In addition to the size issue, more and more digital cameras are equipped with a movie function that supports the 720p HD format, which jeopardizes the usefulness of the camcorder. For this reason, many people are starting to wonder whether camcorders are ever useful.

What is being neglected, however, is the fact that even digital cameras that claim to support a high-quality movie format cannot compete with digital camcorders, which are optimized for shooting movies: digital camcorders offer convenience in shooting and editing, various effects that can be applied, and, most of all, an outstanding full HD (1920x1080) image. It's the same idea as the fact that even the top quality cameras offered in cellular phones cannot be compared to regular digital cameras. Besides, if you utilize the various interesting functions that can only be found in digital camcorders, you will be able to use your camcorder not only as a tool to capture important moments of your life, but also to show off your artistic talent and skill. It is worth paying particular attention to the super slow motion recording and interval recording functions offered by the Samsung digital camcorder, which has a hugely more powerful performance than products offered by other manufacturers.
Let's take out the Samsung digital camcorder and capture more interesting images with super slow motion recording and interval recording to show off to your friends.


Super Slow Motion Recording
Another name for super slow motion recording is high speed recording. This simply means that the camcorder can shoot movies at high speed ?Samsung digital camcorders can shoot between 300 and 600 frames per second, while regular movies are shoot with between 30 and 60 frames per second. When movies are shot at high speed with 300-600 frames per second, every singe scene that we miss with the naked eye is captured by the camcorder, allowing us to review every minute detail that we missed.
When movies shot using high speed recording mode are played back, the moving subjects that were captured look as if they are moving slowly. That's why this is called super slow motion recording.
Super slow motion recording allows us to capture even very little details - such as the moment that the candles on a birthday cake are blown out, a bride throws her bouquet, a child hits a home run for the first time in his life, or a graduate student throws her mortarboard into the sky - doubling the emotion and happiness of these moments.
Super slow motion recording can also be used in many practical ways - if you analyze every scene of something you wish to learn in which movements are of great importance, such as golf and ballet, you will be able to learn more effectively. You will also get the fun and interesting images if you shoot a water balloon popping or a drop of water landing.
Samsung digital camcorders can record such slow motion for up to 10 seconds with this super slow motion recording function, whereas other products either do not have the function at all or offer a very short recording time of 3 seconds, which is not very practical.



Interval Recording
You have probably seen TV documentaries where clouds move rapidly or a sprout grows quickly in order to express the rapid flow of time. It is always fascinating and interesting to see clouds moving so fast or a sprout growing out of a seed on the spur of the moment. Those are things that we can't see in real life. The principle behind such images can be thought of as the opposite of super slow motion recording.
Whereas super slow motion recording captures every little detail by shooting 300-600 frames per second, interval recording may take 1 frame per minute and play 30 frames per second as normal, allowing viewers to see an hour-long scene in reality in just two seconds.
When interval recording is utilized, you can show people the working scenes such as an event preparation that takes several hours in just a few minutes. This not only shows the course of the work more easily and lucidly, but also expresses the process in a more interesting fashion. For instance, if you watch scenes of painting graffiti or preparing for a graduation party later on, you may be able to recall and feel the moment more vividly.

Also, if you want to be more creative with the interval recording method that expresses time lapses, you will be able to capture something new. You can take unique and attractive images if you test your imagination by shooting a withering flower or people moving in a busy street from an overhead angle.
Both super slow motion recording and interval recording are usually offered by high-cost professional equipment that costs tens of thousands of dollars.
However, Samsung digital camcorders offer high-performance super slow motion recording and interval recording that are almost comparable to those of professional equipment. These functions make your digital camcorder more interesting and more valuable. Digital camcorders are no longer just a tool to shoot specific people such as family or friends, or specific events such as sports games or concerts.


 

The fact that you can see something that others may not see means that you have a different point of view; such a different perspective is what makes your life more valuable in the 21st century, where creativity is regarded as an important factor. Super slow motion recording and interval recording are great tools to brighten your creativity by capturing every little detail that others may miss, or capturing time lapses that others may never realize. These functions alone also make the moments of your life spent with your family and friends more meaningful and valuable.