# Digital video cameras

*/Products/Digital_video_cameras*

Digital camcorders or video cameras

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Record Video](/Processes/Record_Video)
**Summary**: A device that captures moving images as a digital video stream through a lens and an image sensor, encoding and storing them onboard; it is assembled from an optical block, a sensor board, an image processor, and storage in a housing.
**Output Of**:
- [Assemble Consumer Electronics](/Processes/Assemble_Consumer_Electronics)
**Components**:
- Name: Image Sensor · Quantity Note: CMOS or CCD imager · Required Input: Silicon Wafer
- Name: Lens Assembly · Quantity Note: focuses the image · Required Input: Optical Glass
- Name: Image Processor Integrated Circuit · Quantity Note: encodes the video stream · Required Input: 
- Name: Liquid Crystal Display Module · Quantity Note: viewfinder and playback · Required Input: 
- Name: Printed Circuit Board · Quantity Note: main board · Required Input: Copper Clad Laminate
- Name: Rechargeable Battery Pack · Quantity Note: power source · Required Input: 
- Name: Molded Camera Body · Quantity Note: housing · Required Input: Polycarbonate Resin
**Packaged In**:
- [Foam Lined Carton](/Products/Foam_Lined_Carton)
**Warranted By**:
- [Limited Product Warranty](/Services/Limited_Product_Warranty)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [Surface Mount Assembly Line](/Products/Surface_Mount_Assembly_Line)
- [Optical Alignment Station](/Products/Optical_Alignment_Station)
**Runs Software**:
- [Camera Firmware](/Software/Camera_Firmware)
**Assembled From**:
- [Optical Lens Module](/Products/Optical_Lens_Module)
- [Sensor Board Assembly](/Products/Sensor_Board_Assembly)
- [Main Board Assembly](/Products/Main_Board_Assembly)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Solder Paste](/Products/Solder_Paste)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Sensor Resolution](/Metrics/Sensor_Resolution)
- [Frame Rate](/Metrics/Frame_Rate)
- [Low Light Sensitivity](/Metrics/Low_Light_Sensitivity)
- [Dynamic Range](/Metrics/Dynamic_Range)
**Transforms Into**:
- [Video Production Kit](/Products/Video_Production_Kit)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Digital camcorders or video cameras](/Products/Digital_camcorders_or_video_cameras) — parent · Products

### Siblings

- [Batteries](/Products/Batteries) — siblings · Products
- [Bow cameras](/Products/Bow_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Broadcast cameras](/Products/Broadcast_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Camcorders](/Products/Camcorders) — siblings · Products
- [Digital camcorders](/Products/Digital_camcorders) — siblings · Products
- [Digital video equipment](/Products/Digital_video_equipment) — siblings · Products
- [Digital video recorders](/Products/Digital_video_recorders) — siblings · Products
- [Electronic field production EFP cameras](/Products/Electronic_field_production_EFP_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Electronic news gathering ENG cameras](/Products/Electronic_news_gathering_ENG_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [High definition HD video cameras](/Products/High_definition_HD_video_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [High-speed video cameras](/Products/High-speed_video_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Network video recorders](/Products/Network_video_recorders) — siblings · Products
- [Phosphorimager video cameras](/Products/Phosphorimager_video_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Pipe camera inspection systems](/Products/Pipe_camera_inspection_systems) — siblings · Products
- [Pipe inspection video equipment](/Products/Pipe_inspection_video_equipment) — siblings · Products
- [Remote pipe cameras](/Products/Remote_pipe_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Remote video cameras](/Products/Remote_video_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Remotely controlled cameras](/Products/Remotely_controlled_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Search cameras](/Products/Search_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Sewer surveillance cameras](/Products/Sewer_surveillance_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Studio cameras](/Products/Studio_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Television cameras](/Products/Television_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Tree top peeper and video probe systems](/Products/Tree_top_peeper_and_video_probe_systems) — siblings · Products
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- [Video diagnostic tools](/Products/Video_diagnostic_tools) — siblings · Products
- [Video goggles](/Products/Video_goggles) — siblings · Products
- [Video imaging systems](/Products/Video_imaging_systems) — siblings · Products
- [Video inspection cameras](/Products/Video_inspection_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Video probe systems](/Products/Video_probe_systems) — siblings · Products
- [Video recorders](/Products/Video_recorders) — siblings · Products
- [Video recording systems](/Products/Video_recording_systems) — siblings · Products
- [Video surveillance cameras](/Products/Video_surveillance_cameras) — siblings · Products
- [Canopy Tower Camera Networks](/Products/Canopy_Tower_Camera_Networks) — siblings · Products

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### Requires input

- [Copper Sheet Laminate](/Products/Copper_Sheet_Laminate) — requires input · Products
- [Polycarbonate resin](/Products/Polycarbonate_resin) — requires input · Products
- [Optical Glass](/Products/Optical_Glass) — requires input · Products
- [Silicon Wafer](/Products/Silicon_Wafer) — requires input · Products

### Input to

- [Capture Video To Media](/Processes/Capture_Video_To_Media) — input to · Processes

### Assembled from

- [Sensor Circuit Board](/Products/Sensor_Circuit_Board) — assembled from · Products
- [Optical Lens Assembly](/Products/Optical_Lens_Assembly) — assembled from · Products
- [Mainboard Assembly](/Products/Mainboard_Assembly) — assembled from · Products

### Rolled up to product class

- [Cameras](/Products/Cameras) — rolled up to product class · Products

### Packaged in

- [Foam-Lined Cardboard Carton](/Products/Foam-Lined_Cardboard_Carton) — packaged in · Products

### Composed of

- [Rechargeable Battery Module](/Products/Rechargeable_Battery_Module) — composed of · Products
- [Printed wire boards](/Products/Printed_wire_boards) — composed of · Products
- [Vision processor integrated circuit](/Products/Vision_processor_integrated_circuit) — composed of · Products
- [Image sensor integrated circuit](/Products/Image_sensor_integrated_circuit) — composed of · Products
- [Molded Camera Body](/Products/Molded_Camera_Body) — composed of · Products
- [Liquid Crystal Display Module](/Products/Liquid_Crystal_Display_Module) — composed of · Products
- [Lens Assembly](/Products/Lens_Assembly) — composed of · Products

### Consumes

- [Solder paste](/Products/Solder_paste) — consumes · Products

### Produced with

- [Smt Assembly Line](/Products/Smt_Assembly_Line) — produced with · Products
- [Optical Alignment Station](/Products/Optical_Alignment_Station) — produced with · Products

### Measured by

- [Low-Light Sensitivity](/Metrics/Low-Light_Sensitivity) — measured by · Metrics
- [Detector Dynamic Range](/Metrics/Detector_Dynamic_Range) — measured by · Metrics
- [Frame Rate](/Metrics/Frame_Rate) — measured by · Metrics
- [Sensor Resolution](/Metrics/Sensor_Resolution) — measured by · Metrics

### Problems this exposes

- [sensor noise floor in low light forcing high-ISO grain](/Problems/sensor_noise_floor_in_low_light_forcing_high-ISO_grain) — exposes problem · Problems
- [thermal shutdown during sustained 4K/8K record](/Problems/thermal_shutdown_during_sustained_4K%2F8K_record) — exposes problem · Problems
- [log/HDR exposure latitude hard to judge on-set without scopes](/Problems/log%2FHDR_exposure_latitude_hard_to_judge_on-set_without_scopes) — exposes problem · Problems
- [rolling-shutter skew on fast pans from CMOS line-scan readout](/Problems/rolling-shutter_skew_on_fast_pans_from_CMOS_line-scan_readout) — exposes problem · Problems
- [high-bitrate footage overwhelming card write speed and on-set offload](/Problems/high-bitrate_footage_overwhelming_card_write_speed_and_on-set_offload) — exposes problem · Problems
- [color-science mismatch across multi-camera shoots needing LUT matching](/Problems/color-science_mismatch_across_multi-camera_shoots_needing_LUT_matching) — exposes problem · Problems
- [codec/container fragmentation (H.265, ProRes, RAW) breaking edit-suite ingest](/Problems/codec%2Fcontainer_fragmentation_(H.265,_ProRes,_RAW)_breaking_edit-suite_ingest) — exposes problem · Problems

### Runs software

- [Camera Firmware](/Software/Camera_Firmware) — runs software · Software

### Warranted by

- [Limited Product Warranty](/Services/Limited_Product_Warranty) — warranted by · Services

### Output of

- [Assemble Consumer Electronics](/Processes/Assemble_Consumer_Electronics) — output of · Processes

### Transforms into

- [Video Production Kit](/Products/Video_Production_Kit) — transforms into · Products