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Hello everyone, I have a basic (I think) question about how a consumer video camera is programmed to do what it does. The camera I have in mind is the Flip (may it rest in peace).
Ok, so I'm aware of most of the parts that go into a video camera, such as the shell, controls, lens, sensor, processor and memory(?), storage, battery, etc. What I confused about is how the information gets from the sensor to the storage device. I'm assuming it's the processor that interprets all of that data coming off the sensor, but how exactly does that happen? And what programming language is used to do it? Is it C? Or some other assembly language? And what about the onscreen prompts and menus that can be navigated through on the screen of most consumer cameras? Apologies if this sounds like a really naive question.
Thanks for you time and have a good one,
S.
Ok, so I'm aware of most of the parts that go into a video camera, such as the shell, controls, lens, sensor, processor and memory(?), storage, battery, etc. What I confused about is how the information gets from the sensor to the storage device. I'm assuming it's the processor that interprets all of that data coming off the sensor, but how exactly does that happen? And what programming language is used to do it? Is it C? Or some other assembly language? And what about the onscreen prompts and menus that can be navigated through on the screen of most consumer cameras? Apologies if this sounds like a really naive question.
Thanks for you time and have a good one,
S.