Well, when you think of a camcorder, you probably envision those little hand-held mini dv camcorders that fit into the palm of your hand, right. Like all things, the camcorder had it’s own starting point, too. In the “old days”, the camcorder was very big and bulky. It was originally designed to be used to help capture news on the run. Today, they can be found in mini form and are even able to be recorded on many different media formats