Answers.Body: <p>"The ugly CMOS replaced CCD" because of cost, complexity, power consumption, pixel density, light sensitivity, etc. In every regard — except of the rolling shutter artefacts, of course — CMOS sensors are better. They also do not exhibit the saturation trail effect, the vertical "ray of light" that occurs when pointing a CCD camera towards very bright light source.</p>
  
  <p>You can find a 10-year old tapeless 3CCD-based camcorder on eBay for less than $100. For example, Panasonic HDC-SD5 or HDC-SD9, the latter records progressive HD at 24 fps. Better than Super8 ;-)</p>
  
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Answers.Text: ah my the way. Not so related but does new CMOS sensors have the same dynamic range etc of their CCD ancestors?
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Body: <p>Back in the day they were everywhere [There was even a handheld Panasonic one!] but today they dont exist at all?</p>
  
  <p>I can't find any 3CCD camcorders with SD card video recording because I don't want to fiddle with Mini DV</p>
  
  <p>What happened? Are there any Full HD or 4k 3CCD camcorders these days?</p>
  
  <p>Looks like the ugly CMOS replaced them... </p>
  
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Title: What happened to the 3CCD camcorders?
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ThreadText: # What happened to the 3CCD camcorders?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-15)
  
  Back in the day they were everywhere [There was even a handheld Panasonic one!] but today they dont exist at all?
  
  I can't find any 3CCD camcorders with SD card video recording because I don't want to fiddle with Mini DV
  
  What happened? Are there any Full HD or 4k 3CCD camcorders these days?
  
  Looks like the ugly CMOS replaced them...
  
  **Tags:** camcorder, image-sensors
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-15. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  "The ugly CMOS replaced CCD" because of cost, complexity, power consumption, pixel density, light sensitivity, etc. In every regard — except of the rolling shutter artefacts, of course — CMOS sensors are better. They also do not exhibit the saturation trail effect, the vertical "ray of light" that occurs when pointing a CCD camera towards very bright light source.
  
  You can find a 10-year old tapeless 3CCD-based camcorder on eBay for less than $100. For example, Panasonic HDC-SD5 or HDC-SD9, the latter records progressive HD at 24 fps. Better than Super8 ;-)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: ah my the way. Not so related but does new CMOS sensors have the same dynamic range etc of their CCD ancestors?  
  > **username_1**: Everything is better aside of nasty rolling shutter artefacts — jello, skewing, flash banding.  
  
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