Canon ZR

MUCutter wrote on 3/7/2002, 9:15 PM

Anybody ever tried an ultra mini Canon ZR with capture?
Does it accept any commands, or is the 1394 port just video in and out?
Looks like a cool toy to take on vacation... Tired of carying "stuff".
A ZR and a S110 and I'm gone!

Comments

danjrussell wrote on 3/7/2002, 9:25 PM

I have the ZR25 and it is excellent. You can definitely control the camera from the capture area of VV3. That is standard with any DV firewire camera. Just took the camera to Las Vegas, just put the camera around your shoulder or in your big pants pocket, you won't even notice it. The battery is great, charges in about 5 minutes, but the video is even better. I have made several Video CD's with VV3 and they are awesome.

smeredith wrote on 3/9/2002, 7:35 PM

I use the ZR-10. No problem with firewire control from VV3 capture.

haydenj wrote on 3/9/2002, 9:54 PM

I have the Canon ZR20 and Video Vegas had no problem controlling and capturing from the camera. Recature missing clipping works just fine. You just leave the camera in playback mode and Video Vegas will record or playback to the camera as needed.

MUCutter wrote on 3/10/2002, 12:57 AM

Thanks for the notes. I however was wondering about the older "ZR" with no number after it. It's small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, the first of the ZR series, came out about 3 years ago. It might be before device control was built into the 1394 port. I'm sure it would work manualy though.

DougHamm wrote on 3/10/2002, 1:23 PM

I've got an original Optura, which came out in '97. Device control works fine and this is one of the first (and in many ways still ahead of its time - except in size). Canon was thinking ahead of the game in many respects; although I found with it that Canon's notion of 'exactly' 48KHz left a little to be desired. Anyway, it precedes the ZR by a least a year so device control should not be an issue.

-Doug