Canon ZR20 Mini DV Camcorder

Pros: Picture quality, features, price, remote included, color viewfinder and LCD
Cons: Menu system

The Canon ZR20 is a Digital MiniDV camcorder with a 2.5” LCD and a color viewfinder.

Zoom And Image Stabilizer

The camcorder has 10x optical zoom and 200x digital zoom. The image is not shaky at high magnification...

Pros: Price, Size, Able to computer edit, zoom adequate.
Cons: need additionals for editing, low light quality little grainy

This is my second camcorder. I wanted to make the transition to the digital camcorder so that I could edit video on the computer. Last year after VBS at church we tried to edit the video using some software that we could never get good quality...

Pros: nicely priced, analog input (copy VHS to MiniDV and vice versa!)
Cons: image quality in low light is a somewhat weak

I was eager to find a camera that gave me the ability to transfer footage from the 100+ VHS tapes I had lying around to MiniDV, thus making it possible for me to get my old footage into my Macintosh where i could slice and dice them up with Final Cut....

Pros: Size, ease of use, solid construction, analog input.
Cons: Grainy, dark picture indoors, still shots stored on tape.

I have just returned this camcorder for a refund; to those people who have said low-cost camcorders are horrible indoors: you were right!

I have four young children and most of my video work is filming them indoors doing cute, funny or...

Pros: Small, great quality video
Cons: no significant cons

The death of my 4 year old 8mm camcorder prompted me to purchase a new one. I did extensive on-line and in-store research before deciding on the zr20. I had 3 main criteria for a new camera. 1. It had to be digital. This is the best format to get....

Pros: Small size and easy to use and great fearutes for a base model
Cons: Tape transport seems fragile

Since I’ve only had the camera for less than one week, this is just my first impression:

I researched around and finally went with the ZR20 for the following reasons: Price, Compactness, and base features. The ZR20 has a great price after...

Pros: Tiny, sleek, powerful, easy to pickup and learn, seemless computer recognition
Cons: Those light-up buttons on the ZR 30 are sure purty!

I did as much on and offline research as possible and finally decided on the ZR20. The only differences between that unit and the ZR25/30 are the progressive scan and memory card features (I already have a decent digital camera so no love lost there)....

Pros: Lightweight, Compact rich feature set. Great for a non techies
Cons: No external charger

As a professional cameraman in the motion picture industry, I hate taking home videos. There are several reasons for this: One; because I am a cameraman everyone asks me to shoot their videos. Great, just what I want to do at your wedding work for free....

Pros: Easy to use, feature rich, great picture in outdoors, and great sound
Cons: A bit grainy in low light, seems a bit fragile

This is my first video camera - I have always been a still picture photographer in the past, but with two small children, I wanted to capture a bit more...

I chose the ZR-20 because of its features and a good Consumer Reports review. In a nut...

Pros: Small, light, good picture quality.
Cons: None

Most good cameras are like pizza. Some people love Joe's, some love Nino's. My friend buys old Russian cameras and loves them. Other friends buy high-end stuff. This video camera is high quality goods. I've had mine for more than a year and I love it. I...

Pros: Good picture and audio, good price, manual settings
Cons: Fragile camcorder, only one CCD

The Canon ZR20 model is a good and cheap digital camcorder. The picture is sharp and has good colours, but unfortunately the camera only has one ccd chip (with only 290,000 effective pixels), but none the less, the picture is still good. The audio too...

Pros: Lightweight, compact, easy to learn to use.
Cons: Takes awhile to turn on the LCD screen.

This digital camcorder is very easy to use once you read the instructions. There is a menu that you ...

Pros: small, lightweight, durable, GREAT zoom
Cons: battery weight, wished they were lighter and lasted longer between charges

I have used this camera extensively and for the most part, outdoors. I have used it while backpacking, camping, hiking, sailing, fishing and hunting for five years now. To be honest, I really haven't taken extra care or precautions either, especially while backpacking at elevation or sailing. It works flawlessly and has been very reliable over the years.

Pros: The features are quite nice for an entry-level camera. Manual controls are ok.
Cons: Manual controls are only semi-manual. Gives poorly built a new name. Horrible service.

The average consumer camcorder is used for 11 hours in its lifetime. This one is built for that spec and no more. In under a year, mine went to the service center five times, costing me over $300, which is insane for a $400 camera. This wouldn't be so bad, except that Canon, who I used to trust, has horrible support. I won't go into all of their issues, but suffice to say I spent over 20 hours on the phone with them trying to get my camera repaired and mailed at least a dozen letters, including one to Japan.
In the end, they mailed my camera back broken from service AGAIN (ate tapes) and refused to repair it again on the phone, though I had a 90 day warranty. I wrote a letter. They waited until my warranty was up and then wrote back to inform me they couldn't do anything because the warranty was up. I consdered taking this to small claims court I was so mad. I saved all the letters from them and I may yet do so.

Pros: good in low light.
Cons: Not durable, cheap parts.

WE got this camera 2.5 years ago as a gift for the birth of my daughter. It's been a great camera, good in low light etc... Only, now after 2.5 years, it's stopped working, it eats the tapes, and after taking it to a service centre to get it fixed, I find out that the heads are shot and so is the chassis.

Now understand, this camera has never been handled by anyone except my husband and I, it has never been handled roughly and has always been in a camera bag.

Unless you are looking for a disposable camera, don't waste your money.