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 Improving on an original can be a daunting task. Canon has succeeded quite well, thank you. The ZR50MC is the successor to the ZR30MC. Canon increased the optical zoom to 22x--the digital now sits at
440x--and added an analog pass-through port. Although the ZR line featured analog-in for dubbing your movies to MiniDV, the new pass-through port allows you to go straight to the computer, eliminating a possibly cumbersome step.
The ZR50MC also has a lot of the same features that made the original a lot of fun. A 2.5-inch LCD is swivel-mounted, permitting the shooter to use the camera at odd angles. Various digital effects and autoexposure modes help ensure your footage turns out well. The digital still mode makes a return, letting you capture 640 x 480
stills onto an included 8 MB MMC.
Finally, there are a couple of new features that Canon threw in to make the ZR50MC just a little bit more appealing: an accessory shoe that fits a light or zoom mic (both sold separately), an extended recording function that increases recording time by 2x to 3x, and a low-light color-shooting mode.
Product Specifications
- Video format: MiniDV
- Progressive scan CCD: No
- Flying erase heads: No
- Audio: PCM digital stereo
- Maximum CCD resolution: 460,000 pixels
- CCD size: .17 inches
- Eyepiece viewfinder:: Yes
- LCD screen size: 2.5 inches
- LCD swivel: Yes
- Aperture: F/1.6
- Filter diameter: Information unavailable
- Optical zoom: 22x
- Digital zoom: 440x
- Lens construction: Information unavailable
- Programmed exposure modes: Easy Exposure, Auto, Sports, Portrait, Spotlight, Sand and Snow, Low Light, Night
- Autolight: No
- Hot shoe for external light: Yes
- Black and white: Yes
- Sepia: Yes
- Solarized: Yes
- Image stabilization: Yes
- Infrared capability: No
- Remote included: Yes
- Digital camera capability: Yes
- Included still memory: 8 MB MMC
- Preset titles: Information unavailable
- Custom titling: Information unavailable
- Programmed recording: Information unavailable
- Fade options: Fade Trigger, Vertical Wipe, Horizontal Wipe, Mosaic
- Special effects: Art, Black and White, Sepia, Mosaic
- Motion sensor: No
- Audio sensor: No
- Other special features: Analog pass-through port
- IEEE1394 output: Yes
- Connections: S-Video, IEEE1394, microphone terminal, headphone terminal
- S-Video output: Yes
- Battery type: Lithium ion
- Included in box: Remote control, ZR50MC, 8 MB MMC, BP-512 batter pack, shoulder strap, stereo video camble, USB cable, software CD-ROM, power adapter
- Width: 2.25 inches
- Height: 3.88 inches
- Depth: 5.58 inches
- Weight: 1.15 lbs.
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