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Hey! HEY! Get your filthy hands off my Canon ZR100, scumbag! You want hi-res widescreen home movies with this kind of digital clarity, go buy your own camcorder!

What Hollywood giveth, Hollywood taketh away. Back in more innocent times – 2006, I think it was – Tinseltown was abuzz over rumors of a new Police Academy movie. Of course, as the editor of the web’s third-largest Police Academy fan fiction site, I got caught up in the hoopla. I couldn’t wait to catch up with my old friends Sweetchuck, Hightower, and Tackleberry. I daydreamed about who they’d trick into visiting the Blue Oyster. I went to bed every night with the sweet sounds of Sgt. Larvell “Motor Mouth” Jones whirring, bleeping, and conking in my ears, and not just because I fell asleep with one of the PA movies on again. Hijinks, I was certain, were about to ensue.

Well, we all know how that turned out. Or should I say, didn’t turn out. Petty studio infighting, political correctness, and the almighty dollar kept Police Academy 8 just a beautiful dream. Those stalwart and hilarious law-enforcers were last seen languishing in development purgatory, where there’s nobody to laugh at their hilarious antics except for ghosts and skeletons. Curse you studio cretins! Burn, Hollywood, burn!

But then I asked myself: what would Carey Mahoney do?

The answer was clear. I don’t have to wait for somebody else to write the next chapter in the saga. My Canon ZR100 and my true appreciation of the Police Academy mythos make me a far more worthy custodian of the PA legacy than some hack director just doing it for the paycheck. With the Canon ZR100’s 20x optical zoom, hi-res 16:9 widescreen recording mode, and sharp, vibrant DIGIC DV images, I can dare to dream of crafting a film worthy of the Police Academy name. So I’m going for it! Hold on, officers of D Squad – help is on the way!

I bought several police uniforms on clearance after Halloween, my ‘91 Neon is at the paint shop as we speak, and I’ll be done with the script as soon as I decide if the bad guys are Colombian cocaine smugglers or Russian white slavers. No, I probably can’t get the original cast. But since when has that ever stopped a Police Academy sequel?

Features

Warranty: 90 Day Canon

Features:

Sleek, compact MiniDV camcorder and digital still camera
20x optical zoom lens (digital zoom to 360x) with image stabilization
High-resolution 16:9 widescreen recording mode for true widescreen playback
2.4-inch LCD screen with option of letterbox-style display and brightness adjustment for viewing on sunny days
Low-light recording settings
Capture Brilliant Photos and Videos with DIGIC DV
See Farther with Genuine Canon Optics
Spoil Family and Friends with Widescreen 16:9 Images
Connect Seamlessly to Your TV, VCR, and Computer
Shoot Vibrant Video Even in Low Light
Keep It Simple with Pre-Programmed Settings

Technical Details:

Power supply (rated): 7.4V DC
Power consumption (while recording AF=”ON”): 2.3W (using viewfinder), 3.1W (using LCD screen in normal brightness)
Television system: EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color
Video recording system: 2 rotary heads, helical scanning DV system
Audio recording system: PCM digital sound: 16 bit (48 kHz/2 ch); 12 bit (32 kHz/2 ch)
Image sensor: 1/6-inch CCD, approximately 680,000 pixels
Effective pixels: Approximately 340,000 pixels
Tape format: Videocassettes bearing the “MiniDV” mark
Tape speed: SP: 18.81 mm/s (0.74 ips), LP: 12.56 mm/s (0.49 ips)
Maximum recording time (with an 80-minute cassette): SP: 80 minutes; LP: 120 minutes
Fast forward/rewind time: Approximately 2 minutes 20 seconds (with a 60-minute cassette)
Lens: f=2.8-56 mm, f1.6-3.2, 20x power zoom (35mm equivalent: 4:3 recording: 53.5-1070 mm; 16:9 recording: 44.2-884 mm)
Lens mount: 11 elements in 8 groups
Focusing system: TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible
Minimum focusing distance: 1 meter (3.3 feet); 1 centimeter (0.39 inch) on maximum wide angle
Minimum illumination: 2.0 lx (using the Night mode)
Recommended illumination: More than 100 lx
Filter diameter: 28 mm
Viewfinder: 0.33-inch. TFT color, approximately 113,000 pixels
LCD screen: 2.4-inch. TFT color, approximately 112,000 pixels
Microphone: Stereo electret condenser microphone
DV terminal: Special 4-pin connector (IEEE 1394 compliant)
Video terminal: Video: 1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced
Audio terminal: Audio output: -10 dBV (47 kohm load)/3 kohms or less; audio input: -10 dBV/40 kohms or more
Operating temperature range: 32 to 104 degrees F
Dimensions: 2.0×3.7×5.1 inches excluding protrusions
Weight: 15.2 ounces

In the box:

Canon ZR100 Camera
CA-570 Compact Power Adapter and Power Cable
Canon Li-ion Battery Pack
CR1616 Lithium 3V Battery
Audio/Video Cable
Instruction Manual

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Canon ZR100 MiniDV Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom

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