Posted by P.C. Ford on 09/23/07 02:58

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:14:39 -0700, David De
<daviddelaneyfilmdirector@gmail.com> wrote:

>I was thinking of getting a cheap ebay Canon ZR series camcorder, but
>I want to be sure that the ZR series has the Video IN/OUT so that I
>can run my VHS tapes into the Camcorder and into the Computer in one
>step (without having to record onto miniDV tape.) with the mini-DV
>compression on the final digitized footage.
>I have emailed Canon a week ago about this, but they are slow in
>replying...

I had a ZR65MC which I used as a "snapshot" camera. It had passthrough
ability. You should be able to get one very cheap....CCD fail on these
things...everything else will work but you can't record. Makes a good
ultra cheapy deck.

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