Canon ZR80

alaTest has collected and analyzed 79 user reviews of Canon ZR80 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the size and price. The portability and image quality are also mentioned favorably, but some have doubts about the durability and reliability.

Canon's entry-level camcorder is the cheapest that we reviewed ($350) and comes with some very useful features, such as an 18X optical zoom, ...

The ZR80 is a very low-priced camcorder with a good range of features, but the controls are awkward to use.

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The Canon ZR80 is a point-and-shoot MiniDV camcorder introduced in early 2004. This model is a more compact version of the earlier Canon ZR65MC. The ZR80 and the ZR65MC both have 1/6-inch CCDs with 680,000 pixels and 340,000 effective pixels. The Canon...

The Canon ZR80 is the least expensive camcorder in the line of new ZR's released at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show. The ZR80 is a basic point and shoot MiniDV camcorder without the benefit of an SD card for stills, a feature that appears in both...

The Canon ZR80 is a MiniDV Camcorder with a 18x Optical Zoom.

I purchased this camcorder to record video on vacation. I looked at many online reviews of comparably priced camcorders including camcorders by Samsung and Panasonic. I selected the Canon ZR80 because of my past success with the reliability of Canon ...

Incentive to Buy I purchased this camera at the Black Friday sale after Thanksgiving, the item was on sale for $275. It also came with a rebate for $99 in software from Pinnacle, which offers a suite of video editing and authoring programs. For ...