Canon's sleek and compact ZR30 MC camcorder provides almosteverything you need to shoot both beautiful footage and digital stills.Small enough to fit in your pocket, the ZR30 MC is equipped with acolor LCD view screen and a color eyecup viewfinder, a digital imagestabilization system to steady the jittery hand, and a digital zoomthat magnifies up to 200 times.

To help ensure that you get the quality footage you want, Canon hasincluded a number of preset shooting modes. These modes willautomatically adjust the settings of your camcorder for a variety ofshooting situations. There is also an additional set of special effectsavailable during both recording and playback that will help add alittle flavor to your movies. These effects include black-and-white,sepia, and mosaic, among others.

Also, using the ZR30 MC's photo mode, you can take over 700 stillphotos with an 80-minute MiniDV tape or store it onto the portable 8 MBMultiMediaCard. The ZR30 MC also comes with customizable light-up VCRbuttons: choose from blue, turquoise, and green. You have your choiceof four recording speeds, which allow you to record at up to threetimes the normal recording time on a standard MiniDV cassette.Additionally, with the advanced accessory shoe, you can easily add ashotgun microphone or video light. With the IEEE 1394 port you canconnect the ZR30 MC to a DV-ready personal computer to edit video or e- mail photos. Included in the package are an A/V cable, power adapter,shoulder strap, and battery pack.