There's just something special about having a video of an event with sound if you like, so that you get the full picture of the thing that was going on, and not merely the silent split seconds here and there that you could capture on a still camera.

Your digital camera does allow you to select from a complete memory high in photos, or a few minutes worth of video. Not much of a choice. However, you can't afford to drop the buying price of a camcorder, regardless of how important the upcoming event is. So you will want to think about a digital camcorder rental?

Digital video cameras now produce videos of such good quality that you may make several generations of copies from your original recording, and even the copies of the copies will look and sound as clear as the first. One of the big appeals of the digital video camera rental is that for the price tag on one rental you are able to supply all the guests with a treasured memory of the day.

The easiest way to ensure your digital camcorder rental will provide the best possible copies is to ask the associate at the rental store to demonstrate the resolution with which each camera records, by seeing an example of recordings done by each of the different digital video camera rentals. Even the weakest of their digital video camera rentals will be light years ahead of one's old home movies, but there's no point in settling for anything less than the most effective you can get.

Editing Your Video

To be able to make copies of your master digital video recording, you will need use of a PC on which you can save the master and make copies. When you yourself have the program to do it, you can also edit the digital video recording to delete the less interesting parts and give attention to the more entertaining ones. But you need to always do your editing on a copy, in case you don't such as the result. Save the master recording because it was when you uploaded it from the digital camcorder rental.

The chances of one's having the required software, because you never own an electronic digital camcorder, aren't high. But don't allow that discourage you; there's software available for download at free on the Internet and some of it may be perfect for editing your video.

You may also use a personal computer to analyze your digital video camera rental. You need to be able to obtain a ball park estimate of just how much a digital camcorder with the features you want rents for, and the positioning of rental stores locally that carry them.

Features To Ask For

Be sure you request, and get, an electronic digital camcorder rental. You most definitely do not need the video cameras that used VHS cassettes to record on. And be sure that your digital video camera rental has the quantity of pixilation that you want. 680,000 pixels is the minimum you need to accept, and it is actually the minimum. The greater the number of pixels, the clearer your video will be.

And inquire about your digital video camera rental's light measuring devices, or CCDs. They are chips, and you'll need as much as you are able to get. The difference between a camera with one CCD chip and three CCD chips is, shall we say, like the difference between light and darkness?

Your digital camcorder rental may be the tool with which you will soon be building memories you can treasure for a long time to come. So do your research, and allow it to be the very best tool you can possibly find!