Editing Professional video camera (section)

{{short description|High-end camera for creating electronic moving images}}
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[[File:Sony television camera with DIGI SUPER 86II xs 20120211a.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Modern digital television camera with a DIGI SUPER 86II xs lens from [[Canon Inc.|Canon]]]]
A '''professional video camera''' (often called a '''television camera''' even though its use has spread beyond [[television]]) is a high-end device for creating electronic moving images (as opposed to a [[movie camera]], that earlier recorded the images on [[filmstock|film]]). Originally developed for use in [[television studio]]s or with [[Outside broadcasting|outside broadcast]] [[Production truck|trucks]], they are now also used for [[music video]]s, [[direct-to-video]] movies (see [[digital movie camera]]), corporate and educational videos, wedding videos, among other uses.  Since the 2000s, most professional video cameras are digital (instead of analog).
[[File:Sony HDC-1550 HDVS.JPG|thumb|303x303px|[[Sony]] [[Sony camcorders|HDC-1550]] camera with [[Fujinon]] lens]]
The distinction between professional video cameras and movie cameras narrowed as HD digital video cameras with sensors the same size as 35mm movie cameras - plus [[Dynamic range#Photography|dynamic range]] ([[exposure latitude]]) and color rendition approaching film quality - were introduced in the late 2010s. Nowadays, HDTV cameras designed for broadcast television, news, sports, events and other works such as reality TV are termed as professional video cameras. A [[digital movie camera]] is designed for movies or scripted television to record files that are then color corrected during [[post-production]]. The video signal from a professional video camera can be broadcast live, or is meant to be edited quickly with little or no color or exposure adjustments needed.