Canon ZR10 Digital Camcorder by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon ZR10 Digital Camcorder
Digital camera Review: No need to worry.
Summary: 5 Stars
After placing the order for this camcorder, I immediately began second guessing myself. I was particuarly worried about all the posts I had seen about the picture being "grainy in low light". I worried myself to the point of wishing I had just gone with a Sony Hi8. My camera arrived and the first thing I did when I took it out of the box (the battery was already charged and a 3 year old child can learn to operate it in 7 seconds) was to turn off all the lights but a table lamp and begin filming. Man did I feel silly for worrying. The people writing those comments must be used to watching HDTV movies, because I found the picture fine. It wasn't as good as if I was outside in sunlight (WOW does the camera do well outside), but that's because I wasn't in the sunlight, I was in a poorly lit room that was too dark to read a magazine. The image (my Jack Russell, Murphy) was clear and I could easily distinguish her facial features (in fact the camera picked up more light in the room than my "nekkid" eye could). You simply can't expect the same quality picture in poor lighting as in perfect lighting for less than 500 dollars. And unless you are fanatical about high definition, the quality is as good as one would expect. The camera is so small. Any doubts you have about this camera will disappear once you slide your palm around this beauty. Also, the image stabilizer worked nicely. Ultra tight zooms produced some shake (this was almost unoticable if I braced with both hands). No shake was noticable on wide shots.
I also looked at the other ZR models, but the best I could tell the main differences revolved around the "digital camera" aspects of the camcorder. I wouldn't suggest the ZR-10 if you are looking for a "digital camera/camcorder combo". The ZR-10 just saves the picture to tape at 6 second increments (basically the same effect as pressing pause). This function is for the most part useless if you have a computer capable of video editing, in which case I would say never use the "photo" button and just capture frames from your video.
The ZR-10 has been out for a couple of years and is kind of hard to find new, but if you do find one or are thinking about buying a used one, I would highly reccomend it. I bought mine for just under 500 dollars and am VERY glad I didn't pay the extra dough for any of the newer models (the "extras" were to minimal for the difference in price for me).
Digital camera Review: Piece of Junk
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought mine in May or June 2000. I and many other ZR-10 owners are having the same problem. The problem is that not only will this thing not eject tape. It ripples the tape while recording, and [messes] up your existing tape during playback.Just found out today. Unfortunatly I only found out about this problem after this camera [ruined] up several tapes that I taped on my new born baby. My wife and I are very disappointed. We though we will have some great memories that we can share with my baby after she grows up. I never expected this [camera] will fail after I only gone through about 10 tapes. I found three forums with people having the same... problem... Canon is totally screwing us by on recognizing it as a manufacture defect...I will not repair this junk and I will never buy another Canon product again. Other are saying going to BBB. I don\'t know what BBB will do. We will need more people to prove that this is a defective product and we want our money back or give us a new product. Not only will this thing not eject tape.insane... I will give this camera a big "0".Digital camera Review: Pretty nifty!
Summary: 4 Stars
I've never had a camcorder before--never even used one, not even the old VHS ones. But this baby's a cake walk. The manual takes a little shuffling through, and the buttons and menus need careful looking over (sorta that "Oooh, I get it" thing). But overall the camcorder is great. The picture quality is amazing (for the price). My living room is fairly dark (no overhead lighting), but I didn't have any problem with gloomy images; I went in and manually upped the brightness a little, and objects and people show up almost crystal clear. And the color balance is great--I've got a red plaid sofa in that living room, and the camera picked it up nicely. I ended up turning off the extra zoom power, though, since the image stablizer goes wonko when you zoom in tight (with the extra power). The 10x optical zoom is just fine for most things. All in all, I'm quite happy with my purchase--a nice camcorder, on sale, with free shipping...what more can you ask?Digital camera Review: Problems with Servo
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought mine in May or June 2000. I and many other ZR-10 owners are having the same problem. The problem is that not only will this thing not eject tape. It ripples the tape while recording, and [damages] your existing tape during playback.Just found out today. Unfortunatly I only found out about this problem after this camera [damaged] several tapes that I taped on my new born baby. My wife and I are very disappointed. We though we will have some great memories that we can share with my baby after she grows up. I never expected this 900.00 [item] will fail after I only gone through about 10 tapes. ... Ranging from 150 to 250 dollars to fix. Canon is [taking advantage of] us by on recognizing it as a manufacture defect. ... I will not repair this junk and I will never buy another Canon product again. ... Not only will this thing not eject tape. I never have a near 1000.00 equipment fail after couple of uses. This is insane!!! I will give this camera a big "0".Digital camera Review: STAY FAR FAR AWAY
Summary: 1 Stars
Just like thousands of others, I too now own this expensive paperweight. I BARELY EVERY used it in the last year, but now it has destroyed several tapes. IT EATS TAPES. DO NOT BUY! DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!DO NOT BUY!