Canon ZR40 Mini DV Camcorder

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Average User Rating

(3.30 out of 5) from 18 reviews

Epinions User Reviews

shutter/camera clicking

(4.00 out of 5) by vanmama1 on Mar 26, 2008

Pros: Good camera
Cons: dont know what happened to it

My shutter clicks on and off, little red symbol flashes on menu inside camera, looks like a battery ...
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Canon = Junk

(1.00 out of 5) by ebaldy on Jan 28, 2004

Pros: Features for the price
Cons: quality, service, quality, service, and lastly quality
The Bottom Line: Stay away from Canon. Spend a little more money and get a better product to avoid all the problems.

---Edit due to comments: Here are my thoughts about the camcorder. Right out of the box, this camera ...
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Great Digital Capture

(5.00 out of 5) by krradfordjr on Nov 15, 2003

Pros: The camera is small, light weight, easy to use, and inexpensive to operate.
Cons: None that I can think of.

I have used this camera as a digital capture unit in conjunction with professional editing software ...
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I'm done with Canon ZRs

(2.00 out of 5) by kbuck320 on Jul 1, 2003

Pros: Compact, easy to use
Cons: ZR Series must have flawed cassette transport mechanism. Audio quality has much to be desired.
The Bottom Line: I can no longer recommend ZR series camcorders because of their tape mangling tendencies.

There are many reviews of the ZR10-70 series Canon DV camcorders out there, so I'm going to punt on ...
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ZR 40 from Canon not a good choice

(1.00 out of 5) by shahabk on May 31, 2003

Pros: Small, light , good mix of features for amateur user
Cons: Bad Quality, trouble with tapes, slow focus
The Bottom Line: I think this is a bad camera - it has slow focus, and poor quality construction

I bought this camcorder from Best Buy in New Jersey on 02/15/03 and have been using it very extensiv ...
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