glossary

Optical Sensor Type-Camcorders

The two types of sensors are CCD and CMOS. CCD - Charged Coupled Device sensor is a light sensitive chip used for image gathering. CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor is another type of image sensor found in digital cameras also. A digital image sensor converts light into electrical signals, which are then converted into an video inside the camcorder using the camcorders video processor.