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Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

Whether you're shopping for your first camcorder, or want to upgrade from analog to digital, Canon's entry model for the ZR Series provides the perfect balance of style, performance and affordability. The ZR800's advanced features include a brilliant Genuine Canon 35x Optical Zoom lens, Canon's advanced image stabilization system, Widescreen HR recording, DIGIC DV image processing, Joystick controller, and Level and Grid Markers. The results are brilliant video and digital photos that you can easily share with family and friends.

Average Customer Rating: 4.462 out of 5 4.5 out of 5 (13 Reviews)
10 of 13 (77%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Customer Reviews
Excellent, 03/25/2008
By chris36, NJ
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5

Very easy to use, I have a bulging disc in my neck and carparl tunnel in my hands. The cannon is very lite weight. I had a sanyo that was way to heavy to lug around I eventually dropped it and broke into little tiny pieces. and paid way too much and it was confusing to use.
Product Attributes:
Value: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Recommends this product? Yes
Age: 35 - 44
Gender: Female
Has owned product for: 2 - 7 weeks
Uses product: Every day
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Review 2 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

Night Shot, 03/18/2008
By an anonymous customer, lockhart
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 4 out of 5

This product was a disappointment ,night shot was not good quality as expected ,but is good for every day use
Product Attributes:
Value: 3 out of 5 3 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 2 out of 5 2 out of 5
Recommends this product? No
Age: 25 - 34
Gender: Female
Has owned product for: 1 week or less
Uses product: Once per week
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Review 3 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

03/02/2008
By EHughes, Texas
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5

Light weight fun to use!
Product Attributes:
Value: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Recommends this product? Yes
Age: 45 - 54
Gender: Female
Has owned product for: 2 - 7 weeks
Uses product: Once per week
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Review 4 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

Awesome Video Camera, 02/21/2008
By Ebsmurf, Denton, TX
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5

I've never owned a video camera until now. This camera is great. It is soooo simple to use. Cannon really put together a good product for a novice like myself. I really like the zoom feature and the screen is sharp. The best part is that there aren't a lot of buttons to confuse you. I can't wait to start taking videos of my daughters.
Product Attributes:
Value: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Recommends this product? Yes
Age: 25 - 34
Gender: Female
Has owned product for: 2 - 7 weeks
Uses product: Every few days
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Review 5 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

02/19/2008
By klbmom
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 4 out of 5

Nice camcorder for the money. Light weight, very easy to use. The only thing I don't like about it is the fade in and out feature you cannot turn it on automatically. You have to remember to turn it on everytime you start taping.
Product Attributes:
Value: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Recommends this product? Yes
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Review 6 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

Great Camera, 01/22/2008
By Cameraman528, Texas
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5

This is a great camera. I like it, because it has a mic input and a lot of special features. This camera has a problem with staying bright in a dark room. I somewhat fixed that by manually adjusting the brightness when it becomes dark. I think this is one of the better camcorders that will work properly and have a good-quality picture. I noticed that it does not take still-pictures. If I needed to I would just play your video full screen and take a screen-capture of it. It still has great quality. This camera over-all has good picture and is easy to use.
Product Attributes:
Value: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Recommends this product? Yes
Age: 18 - 24
Gender: Male
Has owned product for: 2 - 7 weeks
Uses product: Every few days
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Review 7 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

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Easy to use, Excellent Quality, 01/07/2008
By our4sons, IL
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5

I bought this camcorder for my kids (ages 16 & 9)to use so they could post on youtube. They love it! It is very easy to use and if you have windows movie maker you can do all differant kinds of editing.
One thing I was suprised about is that you need a casset tape. Also it didn't come with the firewire it needed to download to your pc. ($10)
All around very happy with this product.
Product Attributes:
Value: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Recommends this product? Yes
Has owned product for: 2 - 7 weeks
Uses product: Every few days
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Review 8 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

not good product, 08/18/2007
By an anonymous customer, mohegan lake ny
Overall Rating: 1 out of 5 1 out of 5

cause is a minidv and cause this item dont bring the accesories that i needed so.
is not good to buy it.
cause everyone love Memorystickduo.
no everyone buy it this item.
Product Attributes:
Value: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 3 out of 5 3 out of 5
Recommends this product? No
Age: 18 - 24
Gender: Male
Has owned product for: 2 - 7 weeks
Uses product: Never
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0 of 23 people found this review helpful.

Review 9 for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom

Simple with GREAT features!, 08/08/2007
By GleamCity, Emporia, KS
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 out of 5

The camcorder is easy to use and easy to connect to a computer to edit and burn DVDs.

I also use this to upload videos on YouTube! My videos are sharp and easy to create.

Small enough to carry everywhere but not too small that it would be a problem to run.

I absolutely love it. You would think they made this camcorder just for me. I've had 3 camcorders my whole life and this is definitely the BEST!
Recommends this product? Yes
Age: 35 - 44
Gender: Male
Has owned product for: 2 - 3 months
Uses product: A few times per month
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14 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Ratings-Only Reviews for Canon ZR800 MiniDV Digital Camcorder w/ 35x Optical Zoom Based on the average of (4) ratings-only reviews
Overall Rating: 4.75 out of 5 4.8 out of 5
Would recommend?: Yes  3 out of 4
Product Attributes:
Value: 4.333 out of 5 4.3 out of 5
Meets Expectations: 4 out of 5 4 out of 5