Editing Still video camera (section)

==Design==
The most common design has an image sensor and basic processing hardware similar to that of a consumer [[camcorder]] designed for [[analog television]] using the appropriate regional format ([[NTSC]], [[PAL]], or [[SECAM]]). However, instead of storing consecutive interlaced [[Field (video)|fields]] on tape to form a moving image, a single field or [[Frame (video)|frame]] (combined from two fields) is extracted from the output video signal and saved on a rotating [[magnetic storage|magnetic disk]], typically a standard [[Video Floppy]]. During playback, the disk is spun at the [[frame rate]] of the video system with the field or frame being read repeatedly. This produces a conventional analog video signal that can be viewed on a normal [[television]].

The resolution is limited by the device's playback system, which is equivalent to [[media player (application software)#Media players|pausing]] a single field or frame from a [[videocassette recorder|video recorder]]. Since the image is stored as a conventional analog video field or frame, the resolution is limited to the regional [[SDTV]] format; in addition, since the images are not stored digitally, transferring the images to a computer requires a [[video capture card]].