Pictures on A Vidoe Recorder

It's easy, the camcorders or video cameras are analogic with a resolution far lower than the cameras (foto camera). When you take a picture in a video camera the resolution isn't more high that the resolution of that videocamera (+- 500 X 300 pixels). Although when you use only a camera to take pictures (like analogic or digital), i am sure the resolution is far beyond than the resolution of the videocameras (like +-4000 x 3000 pixels - if that is a medium quality camera), the top digital cameras reach 15 or 25 Megapixels (if not they top that score yet). If you want to take a good quality picture don't use a video camera, use a good digital camera or a reflex camera, i am sure the results will suprise you. Good pictures !

I know! It's ironic right? Videocams can take good videos but not good pics. Digicams take good pics but not videos. I think it has something to do with the image sensor. Like a video cam that takes 640x480 video can also take 640x480 pics which is quite small to that of a digicam. Luckily they are starting to invent good stuffs. I got myself a compact Canon Ixus digicam that takes 12.1megapixel pics and can shoot an HD Video :D