Canon ZR850 1MP MiniDV Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom | very nice camera, high quality, amazing!

Canon ZR850 1MP MiniDV Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom | Canon zr850 a bargain

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	Canon ZR850 1MP MiniDV Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom Canon Canon average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

very nice camera, high quality, amazing!

I have done a lot with this camcorder. I am a roller coaster enthusiat, meaning i take this camera with me on rides, it gets bumped around, and it out side a lot of the time. I also fool around and make movies with it.

Pros:
1. I do NOT hear ANY motor noise at all. I dont know if i got a faulty camera (in a good way), but its excellent, no noise heard.
2. does great in all conditions, i take it skiing, have dropped it many times, i take it on rides with me, it gets jolted around, it's really quite amazing.
3. Zoom is very nice and clear, image stabalizer works OK, you can definatly tell its there, but you also definatly tell you are zoomed in 35 X's.
4. Crystal clear picture, colors are incredible. Sample video can be seen here if you would like... http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jb3LCzOl7Qs
By the way, the video looks incredible on my 42" westinghouse LCD TV. The video is compressed a lot for youtube purposes, but you can still see the great color involved.
5. light, compact, can fit in my pocket.
6. noise is actually very nice, wind noise is very low, a big thumbs up here, noise quality sounds good as well.
7. screen is nice
8. no need for a digital camera!
9. battery works for a while (bought from best buy not amazon) it was a lithium, lasted for about 2 1/2 hours.

Cons:
1. Colors look dull indoors, i have NOT played with the HUE or contrast or anything, so im sure that its fine with some tweaking.
2. Cant get that 3000X's zoom it says.. never tried setting the camera still though, which may be the problem.
3. Photos are NOT that 12000 X 18000 pixels you are looking for. try 7 X 1200 or something.
4. LIGHT! what light? (you cant see it, useless)

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Canon zr850 a bargain

Huge miniDV bang for the buck. Very little compression using tape, very good image & optical quality for the size. Slight zoom noise. Very good low-light performance even though experts pan this cam. Stills are good enough if you can't carry another still cam. Two beefs: no external mic (biggy) and the included software is not worth the CD it's burned on. Don't bother installing this garbage. Find WinDV for 1394 video downloads - it's a great free app, so donate a buck to the author.

Very good overall

Except for zoom out (you won't be able to get a wide angle view if you're in a small closed space) and think about getting a second battery (if you rewind the tape the juice is almost gone)
Apart from those problems I am very satisfied.

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not bad, but I wanted something else

Video compression is such that the picture is somewhat grainy and the external light is pretty weak. One thing that may not affect many users, but was a big deal to me was the fact that it cannot record video and audio at the same time through the input jacks. The manual says that using the analog in jacks, only audio can be recorded, but full a/v can be played out. The way to record video is using the dv jack to record.

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