Canon - MiniDV Camcorder, ZR500 Reviews


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Good Deal--Better Than Most at This Price

This camera is a good buy for its price. There are all the normal controls (more manual controls than Sony), and there is a mic input. It you find it on sale, it becomes a great deal, and I bought it because it is a great deal. It is very easy to use because, most of the time, you can keep the camera on "easy" setting and just worry about pressing the start/stop record button. In play mode, you can fast forward, stop, rewind, etc. The quality of the widescreen mode is decent for the price because, unlike in the previous generation of camcorders, a wider sensor is used to collect more video (rather... read full review »
Posted on Nov 27, 2006

Very good for the price !

I own a sony mini dv camcorder. I had to buy one more because my wife needed one too. This one is so small and smaller than some digital cameras. you can just put it in your pocket and bring it around wherever you go. Sound quality and picture quality is very good and it is very easy to use. I see a comment below that there is no rewind, play, forward etc.. buttons, but actually those function is displayed on the screen, which is very unique. so you have to push the knob to display that function on the screen. I wouldn't say it is as good as sony which I payed about three times more, but... read full review »
Posted on Dec 14, 2006

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