[MacDV] Canon ZR40 -- How do you like it?

[ShirleyK]

Chris,

I don't use it very much and my only previous (digital) experience was 
with a ZR10 in which the tape mechanism no longer works. It's not a 
high-end camera but it serves my purposes in the same way a point and 
shoot camera serves the purposes of most people taking snapshots. 
Pre-planning movies with scripts is the last thing I want to
do.

When I needed to quickly replace the ZR-10, I went with the ZR-40 
because it was familiar, I could use my extended battery, and I hoped 
to use the ZR-10 as a pass-through device. Both cameras failed to do 
that when I needed it because I had never done it before and didn't 
know about the menu option.

And in case Karl Seilo is reading: I found the following topic: 
"Digitally outputting analog video and audio signals (Analog-Digital 
Converter)" in the manual.  It's on page 81 of the English version for 
the ZR-40. My understanding is that all the ZR models do this - 
including the original ZR-10. However, it's possible that European 
models do not have that feature.

If you have it, you use the VCR SET UP menu and select AV > DV OUT, set 
to ON. Make selections with the little scroll wheel. Push to select 
after dialing the option you want.

Shirley


On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 06:33  PM, filmmaker116 at shaw.ca wrote:

> Shirley,
>
> How do you like your Canon ZR-40? I hope to get a Canon ZR-60 sometime 
> in the year. I lam liking Canon better than Sony -- they appear to be 
> more Mac friendly.