Love it! The first guy who reviewed this camcorder is an idiot. Before you buy, I would encourage you to check out all the brands and compare the features. Much like cell phones everyone has something just a little different that might grab you. If your looking for special features...test it out at the store and then buy it on Amazon.
As for this camcorder...the performance is as expected...excellent! Canon put out a quality 800 series last year (which was their mid-priced cameras) and...
[Canon ZR950 review by M. Jaramillo "SC Guy" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | M. Jaramillo "SC Guy" | | Review Date: | 02/26/2008 | | User Location: | Columbia, SC | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
97% (37 of 38) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Additional Information In the product description Amazon.com lists as a feature that the ZR950 has a microphone input: "The microphone terminal on the ZR950 makes it especially useful for educators and trainers to carefully capture the audio they need to make most effective use of the video they shoot. It's also handy when you want to easily record a live narration for your footage."
However, having hands-on experience with this camera and from reading over the manual it does not have any audio-in jacks. ...
[Canon ZR950 review by Ronald J. Bynoe can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Ronald J. Bynoe | | Review Date: | 04/30/2008 | | User Location: | Portland, OR | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (61 of 63) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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"One great minidv camera!" Pros: Great video, great 48x advanced zoom, looks great, ease of use and Vista ready.
Cons: None found.
This is one of the best camera's on the market currently in this price range. Great video resolution and the ability to take photo's as well. The ability to zoom in on objects from far off and lots of extra's that most camera's do not offer. 1+ megapixel as well. Good luck finding a better camera with all these features at a price slightly under $300.
[Canon ZR950 review by Bruce Coats can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Bruce Coats | | Review Date: | 03/04/2008 | | User Location: | Texas | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (29 of 30) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Canon ZR950 This is a solid camera for a great price. Has options for SD cards for still photos. Native wide screen support and decent battery life. Works great with iMovie. Still photos could be higher resolution, but this isn't meant to be a digital camera replacement.
[Canon ZR950 review by Nicholas R. Poleto can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Nicholas R. Poleto | | Review Date: | 04/03/2008 | | User Location: | Saratoga Springs, NY USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (21 of 22) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Astonished. But If You are Looking for An actuall review then Read This. Film making is not just a hobby of mine. I plan on doing it as a profession so i needed a good low budget camcorder. This is just it. It has 1CCD and 1+megapixel. Also The camera has an amazing 48x advanced zoom that does NOT deteriate the quality at all. Another thing is that the camera is loaded with amazing effects, white balances, and features. Next it has a color view finder, and a nice big lcd screen. It is a very small camera and very light. It has a dv(firewire) output and usb output. Al...
[Canon ZR950 review by Saadia Mahdi "hussoohs2" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Saadia Mahdi "hussoohs2" | | Review Date: | 07/28/2008 | | User Location: | Sugarland, TX USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
93% (14 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Warning PC users - Deceptive Features If you are a PC owner be very careful before purchasing this product. Canon wants you to think this is an easy product to synch to your computer, when in fact it is anything but. For instance, it comes with a firewire and USB connection making one think that if you don't have a firewire connection you'll be all set when it comes to transfering videos through the USB connection. This is not the case. The USB connection is only for transfering images. Fine, so pretend for a sec that you do have a ...
[Canon ZR950 review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/31/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
86% (45 of 52) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good for price - No Xtras I bought this for recording family stuff. It records good with good sound. I am very unimpressed with the still pictures, especially in low light. It doesn't come with any software for capturing or editing your videos. Windows comes with one. There is no firewire cable to transfer your video to your computer either. I picked one up for cheap. It doesn't come with a sd card for still pictures. Overall I am happy with the camcorder, the zoom is great and the video is sharp. If you plan on taking a...
[Canon ZR950 review by Paul Lachman "lock80" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Paul Lachman "lock80" | | Review Date: | 05/13/2008 | | User Location: | florida | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
70% (7 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Worthless Firewire Connection What a shock to find out that this camcorder can be the only device connected to my MacBook Pro via the 1394 (Firewire) port. That means video cannot be captured to another FirwWire drive. Bummer.
The manual states it, so this is not just a Mac problem.
Video can only be captured to the computer's hard drive or to an external USB drive. When I tried the latter with Final Cut Pro, there were breaks in the timecode and dropped frames. Do not buy this camcorder if your ...
[Canon ZR950 review by Robert Schoenburg can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Robert Schoenburg | | Review Date: | 02/17/2008 | | User Location: | West Hills, CA United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
19% (15 of 76) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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This one ruined Cannon's Reputation The product I received was a defect. The camcorder could not get normal images for outdoor recording. It had red and green dots all over the LCD and viewfinder with indoor recording. I had to return it. It ruined my daughter's birthday party.
[Canon ZR950 review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/02/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
11% (2 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great Camcorder for cost Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: It has great optical zoom and the battery lasts for over 1 hour. It comes with a remote and USB Cable in the box. It IS VISTA compatible. I like the fact that you can record in widescreen so it looks better on newer widescreen HD TVs.
Cons: The camera function on the camcorder is terrible. It is only 1 mega pixel and I have seen cell phones that take better quality photos.
[Canon ZR950 review by Big Dish can be read at Newegg.com] | | Newegg.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Big Dish | | Review Date: | 05/09/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
87% (7 of 8) Users Found This Review Helpful |