>It's not obvious without the manual but on the ZR20, there is a >little button inside the LCD screen fold-in area that is labelled "Pause/Record". as it appears that you are well versed in the Canon ZR series perhaps you can answer me this: I have a Canon ZR40 and it appears to have an audio auto gain feature. If someone on camera is talking the levels are fine. If there is a break in the conversation, the microphone appears to increase in sensitivity. This produces an annoying ebb and flow of his in between sentences. Is there a way to stop the camera from doing this? -- Darby Lee Darrow darrowspammagnet at cox.net