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Summary: so cool camcorder- a must read why
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Summary: Great entry level digital video
Review: Advantages: tiny, easy to set up, effective wind noise filtering, good low light, long battery life, uses same battery as Canon G3 still camera, analog to DV conversion, plug & play with Macintosh iMove & Final Cut ExpressDisadvantage: no external mic input, barely wide angle (about 35mm equvilent), not easy to hand hold due to tiny size and low weight I locked this thing to a sturdy Gitzo tripod, set it four feet away from my 82 year old mom, and interviewed her over a 3 day period for a family oral history project. All shot on a south facing front porch, in shade. Excellent skin tones and audio. An external lapel mic would have been nice, but it would have inhibited her. The quality of the video, when locked down on a tripod is very good. Zoom is smooth and variable. Auto-focus did not hunt during long takes. The supplied battery would run for over two hours with the 2.5 LCD panel active. While the battery is compatible with my Canon G3, the AC adapters are different. Too bad. I like being able to share batteries. But at least I can use one device to charge a spare while I'm using the other. Most cameras of this genre tend to be stonger on the telephoto instead of on the wide end. I'll be getting the aux wide adapter shortly.
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Summary: Great entry level digital video
Review: Advantages: tiny, easy to set up, effective wind noise filtering, good low light, long battery life, uses same battery as Canon G3 still camera, analog to DV conversion, plug & play with Macintosh iMove & Final Cut Express Disadvantage: no external mic input, barely wide angle (about 35mm equvilent), not easy to hand hold due to tiny size and low weight I locked this thing to a sturdy Gitzo tripod, set it four feet away from my 82 year old mom, and interviewed her over a 3 day period for a family oral history project. All shot on a south facing front porch, in shade. Excellent skin tones and audio. An external lapel mic would have been nice, but it would have inhibited her. The quality of the video, when locked down on a tripod is very good. Zoom is smooth and variable. Auto-focus did not hunt during long takes. The supplied battery would run for over two hours with the 2.5 LCD panel active. While the battery is compatible with my Canon G3, the AC adapters are different. Too bad. I like being able to share batteries. But at least I can use one device to charge a spare while I'm using the other. Most cameras of this genre tend to be stonger on the telephoto instead of on the wide end. I'll be getting the aux wide adapter shortly.
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Summary: Good Value for the Money
Review: After reading the reviews, I was a bit leery of purchasing this camera. Because it fit my needs without paying for a lot of features that I didn't need (memory stick, S-video output, etc.), I decided to get one anyway to try it out. The result is that I will keep it. One concern was image quality under low light conditions. It's OK. The depth of field is not great under low light which might account for reports of fuzzy images, but I found that it did focus on the item of interest pretty well. For low light, regardless of the camera, if you want good images, you should consider supplemental lighting. The night mode works reasonably well. Audio quality is fine. I had no problem at all with picking up sounds and voices from 15-20 feet away without them having to raise their voices. It doesn't have a mic input which wasn't a drawback for my purposes, but is, nevertheless, something that this camera should have. The biggest disapointment, for me, is that the image stabilization is a long way from what my old Sony Handycam was capable of. Even so, it's adequate for the purposes that I will be using this camera. All in all, this camera will suit most people's needs.
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Summary: Horrible color and picture, nightshot dosen't work.
Review: I bought this camcorder a couple of weeks ago for my wife. The first time we hooked it up to the tv and watched the video, my wife freaked. She said it looked like it was black and white, and that her old 8mm looked better. I played around with the settings and could not get the color any better. So far all of the recording has been indoors with all the house lights turned on. I even tried the nightshot. It was very, very choppy and was not even viewable in my opinion. Very easy to use buy pic quality is horrible (and I wasnt expecting miracles.)
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Summary: Good Camera with noticable motor noice
Review: I bought this camera one month ago and I had to return it.
Every thing is great, picture quality is good , night mode is great. Hooking up to computer is easy and fun and you can record the video directly to Hard Disk, but motor noice is untolrable.
The camera records its own motor noice and is very noticable when playaed back. With loud noices the motor noise is suppressed but still it is annoying.
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Summary: Poor video during indoor recordings
Review: I bought this comcorder because of the zoom, price and ease to use. I was inmediately disappointed. The video looks grainy if your shooting is inside the house. In my case, most of family scenes occur inside the house!!! The audio quality is poor. The camncorder can not capture voices more than five feet away unless you are yelling. Fortunately, someone stole it and I decided to buy a Sony HC20. With the Sony the quality of the video and audio are superb. Sincerely, I would not recommend the Canon ZR80 not its predecesors.
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Summary: Good for your $$$
Review: I bought this particular camcorder a week ago and after two parties, and it's held up. For the mid-300s, I had a choice of the ZR80, a samsung, and a JVC. I chose this camcorder because of its informative online ratings, good specs, and Canon name.
Now i have to say that I don't have much point for comparison as this is my first digital camcorder but I's like to think I know good quality pictures from bad.
So, let me start off by saying, this is an easy to use camcorder (point-and-shoot, basically) and it was no trouble to load the tape, playback on the camcorder, and show on the T.V.
But, the body of the camcorder, while secure, has some very fragile parts. For example, both the coverings for the audio and DV wire were held together by a thin piece of plastic and could easily break. Watch out for that. Other than that, the LCD is great and flexible and the body is compact and attractive.
And about the DV firewire (which connects and transfers videos from camcorder to computer), it is not included in the box. Thus, know that you have to get that too if you plan on transfering and editing on the computer. That was a downer because the Samsung included a USB cable in the box and while that can be slow, its at least an option.
Also, the quality of the picture. It does indeed have poor viewing in low light. Believe me, I read the book cover to cover (skipping the French, course) and while some things can be adjusted, the camcorder has its limits. For example, in regular household lighting with some sun, the picture was distinguishable on the LCD and blurry at best on televison. WHile the focus button and mightmode helped, I strongly suggest supplement lighting if you want clear pictures indoors.
Lastly, the camcorder has a camera mode and can snap pictures but can only store it on its DV tapes which is of little use since you cann't transfer to your computer to print them out. I asked the salesperson what, then, was the use and he said it was for slide shows. That, to me, is pretty lame but camcorders don't take that good of pictures anywayd so I don't really care.
That's about it, good luck.
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Summary: Great value for entry level cam.
Review: I have always found Canon to consistently incorporate high quality infrastructure to even their entry level models, this being no exception. Didn't want to pay extra for lots of features I wouldn't use, just wanted a great starter camera. Works great given those expectations..
Picked mine up at Walmart for $226!!
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Summary: Definitely worth the price
Review: I purchased one of these online about 3 months ago and have used it for filming family events and kids parties etc. In good light the quality is excellent and even in low light there are some tweaks you can do to improve the quality. I agree with the previous review that the lack of wide angle in the lens is the only real flaw. You will feel as if you are always too close to your subject. This makes it difficult to get good group footage when indoors. You will definitely need a second battery as well.
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