Video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well. The earliest video cameras were those of John Logie Baird, based on the electromechanical Nipkow disk and used by the BBC in experimental broadcasts through the 1930s. Video cameras are used primarily in two modes. The first, characteristic of much early television, is what might be called a live broadcast, where the camera feeds real time images directly to a screen for immediate observation; in addition to live television production, such usage is characteristic of security, military/tactical, and industrial operations where surreptitious or remote viewing is required. The second is to have the images recorded to a storage device for archiving or further processing; for many years, videotape has been the primary format used for this purpose, but optical disc media, hard disk, and flash memory are all increasingly used. Recorded video is used not only in television and film production, but also surveillance and monitoring tasks where unattended recording of a situation is required for later analysis.

DISADVANTAGES:

•  That you have to change the tape and sometimes it costs money.

•  It can fall to the ground and all you have filmed is broken.

•  You have to load battery.

•  Sometimes if you are not so careful you may be filming something over another thing.

ADVANTAGES:

•  You can see it in the t.v with all your family.

•  You have a little video screen where you can see what you are filming.