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Need an easy way to break into the digital world? Look no further than the ZR60.
Capturing valuable family memories is simple as pressing a button!
All the benefits of digital video, Digital Photo Mode, a 2.5" Flexible Color View Screen, 18X Optical Zoom/360X Digital Zoom, Color Night Mode, Image Stabilization, High Quality Microphone, Built-in Analog to Digital Converter, and more!
Features
Digital Video Format and IEEE 1394
Image Stabilizer
Canon Precision Optical Zoom Lens
Shooting Modes
680,000 Pixel CCD
Advanced Dual Image Signal Processing
Color Viewfinder and 2.5" LCD Screen
Programmed Auto Exposure
Manual Controls
Digital Effects, Faders and Special Effects
PCM Digital Stereo Sound
IEEE 1394 Input and Output Terminal
Video and Audio Inputs and Outputs
My Camera Function
1 Year Warranty
Feature Highlights
Digital Video Format and IEEE 1394
Canon's ZR60 camcorder adheres to an international MiniDV standard. Using MiniDV cassettes, audio and video are recorded digitally. The MiniDV format delivers more than 500 lines of horizontal resolution. In terms of picture quality, this is about 25% better than the best analog formats. It features a DV terminal, also known as a FireWire terminal, which conforms to the IEEE 1394 standard. Using this terminal, you can transfer digital video and audio to and from a computer equipped with a DV terminal, another DV camcorder, or a DV VCR. The digital data transfer occurs without any degradation to the image or audio. This means you can edit movies on your computer and maintain the same high level of picture and audio quality -- when you transfer the edited movie back to DV tape using the DV terminal.
Image Stabilizer
Canon's image stabilization system corrects camera shake -- caused by an unsteady hand, for example. This image stabilization system makes for smoother and steadier video even with hand-held shots, at full telephoto, and with shots taken from a moving car.
Canon Precision Optical Zoom Lens
Canon is known world-wide for its lenses. The zoom technology found in the lens of a ZR60 camcorder is the same as Canon uses in its broadcast TV lenses, found in the majority of broadcast cameras.
18X Optical Zoom
The ZR60 is fitted with an 18X optical zoom lens, a high performance lens from Canon. The 18X zoom range will more than take care of all your picture-taking needs, whether they are wide-angle shots of all the family at the reunion, or close-up sports action at full telephoto. Add in the high-resolution capability of DV, and you have high quality video at your fingertips.
360X Digital Zoom
The ZR60's 360X digital zoom significantly expands the telephoto magnification of the subject, bringing it even closer than you might have thought possible.
Shooting Modes
The ZR60 offers you two shooting modes to satisfy all your picture-taking needs. First there's the standard Video Mode for the majority of your shooting; then there's Photo Mode for single pictures -- that's right, you don't need to carry a photo camera, too.
680,000 Pixel CCD
The ZR60 features a high-performance 1/6" 680,000-pixel CCD to capture high quality video and digital photos. There is no need to carry both video and photo cameras with the ZR60.
Advanced Dual Image Signal Processing
Canon technology allows you to capture perfect video and the perfect photo. Since video and printed photos have different needs why should they processed the same? The ZR60 uses two different processing techniques to maximize quality for a display on a TV or for printing.
Color Viewfinder and 2.5" LCD Screen
The ZR60 offers both a 0.33"color viewfinder and a 2.5-inch fold-out color LCD screen. For those who prefer the larger screen for composing their videos, the fold-out screen makes it easy. It twists and can be flipped so you can shoot your video from any angle without having to look in the viewfinder. The screen also is great for playback and review of your video immediately after you've captured a scene.
Programmed Auto Exposure
The ZR60 offers the versatility to meet every exposure challenge, as well as ease of use when you're happy to let the camera make all the choices. Amazingly sophisticated circuitry delivers proper exposure automatically under almost any lighting condition. But you also can easily adjust the exposure in any one of several creative ways to meet your specific need. Selecting a different exposure mode lets you control how you want the video to look.
Manual Controls
For those who want total control of all aspects of the exposure system, the ZR60 offers manual settings. You can select the shutter speed and aperture settings for full creative control.
Manual Focus
Manually focus the camcorder's lens by using a dial on the camera body.
AE Shift
For fine control over how dark or light you want a scene to look, use the Auto Exposure Shift setting to adjust the auto exposure level.
Manual and Automatic Shutter Speeds
There are 8 shutter speeds (from 1/60 sec. to 1/2000 sec.) available in all auto exposure modes. They may also be selected manually. Slow shutter speeds are available in Night and Low Light modes.
Preset/Auto/Manual White Balance
The ZR60 is designed to determine white balance automatically. You also can use standard preset values for indoors (3200º K) and outdoors (5600º K) or you can manually set the white balance. Manually setting the white balance is useful when shooting subjects with one dominant color such as the sky, close-ups, rapidly changing lighting conditions, and places lit by certain types of fluorescent or mercury vapor lights.
Digital Effects, Faders and Special Effects
For that creative touch, a more appealing look, or greater imaging variety, you can switch on one of several digital effects: negative picture, art, black & white picture, sepia, mosaic.
PCM Digital Stereo Sound
The ZR60 can record sound in two audio modes:
16-bit (48 kHz, 2 channels) for the highest sound quality, slightly better than CD quality, and equivalent to DAT tape
12-bit (32 kHz, 2 from 4 channels) for recording on two channels (stereo 1), leaving two channels (stereo 2) open for post production audio recording (narration, music, etc.).
IEEE 1394 Input and Output Terminal
The ZR60 is designed for the transfer of digital video and audio to and from either a PC or another IEEE 1394 terminal-equipped camcorder or professional DV VCR. The DV terminal allows high-quality transfer with virtually no deterioration in quality of images. You can edit and process images by connecting the camera to a PC with the IEEE 1394 terminal.
Video and Audio Inputs and Outputs
In addition to providing digital video input and output, the ZR60 features two types of analog audio and video inputs and outputs: Composite and S-video.
My Camera Function
The My Camera function is designed to let you customize a number of features on your Canon camcorder to make it distinctively your own. The features are the start-up image and sound, shutter sound, start/stop sound, and the self-timer sound. The changes are made through an easy-to-use menu sequence. Sounds are selected from those provided by Canon. The start-up image can be the one supplied with the camera or you can create one by using a still image you have captured on the camcorder's memory card or one you have downloaded. Should you decide to change any of these features later on, it's as easy as going back to the menu to alter them.
Specifications
Power supply (rated)
7.4 V DC (Battery)
9.5 V DC (DC IN)
Power consumption: 2.9 W (using viewfinder), 3.8 W (using LCD screen)
Television system: EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal
Video recording system: 2 rotary heads, helical scanning system DV system (Consumer digital VCR SD system) Digital component recording
Audio recording system: PCM digital sound
16-bit (48 kHz/2 ch.)
12-bit (32 kHz/4 ch.)
Image sensor: 1/6" CCD (charge coupled device); approx. 680,000 pixels (approx. 340,000 effective pixels-tape)
Tape format: Videocassettes bearing the MiniDV mark
Tape speed
SP: 3/4 ips (18.81 mm/sec.)
LP: 1/2 ips (12.56 mm/sec.)
Maximum recording time (with an 80-min. cassette)
SP: 80 min.
LP: 120 min.
Fast forward/rewind time: 2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60-min. cassette)
Lens: f/1.6 - 2.9, 18x power zoom, 2.8 - 50.4 mm
Focusing system: TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible
Minimum focusing distance
3 ft. 3 3/8 in. (1 m)
3/8 in. (1 cm) on maximum wide angle
Maximum shutter speed: 1/2,000 sec. (1/250 when using memory card)
Minimum illumination: 1.6 lx using the Night program during tape recording
Recommended illumination: More than 100 lx
Filter diameter: 30.5 mm
Viewfinder: 0.33in., color LCD (approx. 113,000 pixels)
LCD screen: 2.5 in. measured diagonally (approx. 112,000 pixels)
Microphone: Stereo electret condenser microphone
DV terminal: Special 4-pin connector (based on IEEE 1394)
Video terminal: 1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced
S-video terminal: 1 Vp-p (Y signal), 0.286 Vp-p (C signal)
Audio terminal
Input level: -10 dBV/40 kohm, unbalanced
Output level: -10 dBV, less than 3 kohms, unbalanced
Operating temperature range: 32 - 104º F (0 - 40º C)
Dimensions: 2.3" W x 4.1" H x 5.8 D
Weight: 1.2 lbs.
System Requirements
Windows
Windows 98 150MHz or better 64MB or more
Windows Me
Windows 2000
Windows XP: 300MHz or better 128MB or more
Macintosh
Mac OS: 9.0?9.2 PowerPC 20MB or more
Mac OS X (10.1/10.2): PowerPC 128MB or more
Supplied Accessories
BP-508 Battery Pack
Compact Power Adapter
Wireless Controller
Shoulder Strap
Stereo Video Cable
DV Network solution disk
CLICK HERE FOR COLOR BROCHURE. (PDF file).
I've used this camera before and it kicked my old vhs-c's a$$. And with the 18x optical zoom, you can just walk around zooming into people's chests from 50ft. away and they won't even notice
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