how many megapixels?

Question

i want to buy a camcorderfor making a few home videos....how many is necessary to get some good quality video(nothing fancy)

Answer 1

800k pixels is good enough for home video.

Answer 2

megapixel doesn't matter.

All the marketing materials related to camcorders boast a number of mexapixels in the camcorder. This number is only meaningful in relation to still images taken with the camcorder. If you're really concerned with the quality of your video image, look at how many chips are in the camcorder and how big the chips are In general, a 1CCD camcorder won't give you the same depth of color as a 3CCD camcorder. And in most cases, a 1/3-inch CCD will give you a better image than a 1/4-inch or 1/6-inch CCD. More recently, CMOS sensors are competing directly with CCD in the camcorder market and offer another alternative. Like CCD, with CMOS, the size of the sensor matters more than the mexapixels. Lens size and quality also play a part in overall image quality of digital video, but mexapixels don't matter.

Answer 3

I wouldn't get one that says __ megapixels. Get one that uses mini dv tapes, these are digital tapes so you can capture them to your computer with windows movie maker (i-movie if you have a mac). I bought a PV-GS83 on ebay and it works great.