D3 is a professional Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, representation of the video signal. Digital video is most often recorded on tape, then distributed on optical discs, usually DVDs. There are exceptions, such as camcorders that record directly to DVDs, and...
digital video tape format. It uses half-inch tape. 8mm Camcorder mini-DV Camcorder A camcorder is a portable electronic device (generally a digital camera) for recording images and audio onto a storage device. The camcorder contains both camera and recorder in one unit, hence the name. This compares to previous technology where they would be separate. Video cameras...
Camcorders are available which use this format.
D1 is a component video digital recording format that uses data conforming to the ITU-R BT.601-2 (CCIR-601) standard and records on 19mm (3/4) magnetic tape.
D2 is a composite video digital recording format that uses data conforming to SMPTE 244M and records on 19mm (3/4) magnetic tape.
D3 is a composite video digital recording format that uses data conforming to SMPTE 244M and records on 1/2 magnetic tape.
D3 is an uncompressed composite digital video tape format invented at NHK, and introduced commercially by Panasonic in 1991 to compete with Ampex's D2.
The D3 transport in turn is derived from the MII transport.
Maximum D3 runtimes (in the Fujifilm lineup) are 50, 126, and 248 minutes respectively.