Canon NTSC ZR80 Digital Video camcorder.

Question

I have the camera listed above, my dilemma is that i don't have the cord to connect it to teh computer, so basically i can't post any of my videos on youtube or anything.

So I ask, does anyone know where I could buy a cord for it? or where i might be able to find one?

Answer 1

The Canon ZR80 is a miniDV tape based camcorder. Use a firewire cable to connect the camcorder's DV port to the computer's firewire 400 port. If your computer does not have a firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot so you can install one. USB will not work.

Firewire, IEEE1394a, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing.

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The camcorder DV port is always 4-pin. Whether the computer's firewire port uses 4-pin or 6-pin depends on what is already on the computer or what you install.

Here is the ZR80's product page

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Download and read the manual. Refer to page 91.

No, a USB to firewire converter/adapter will not work.

No, video recorded to the memory card will not be as good as that which is recorded to miniDV tape - MiniDV tape provide best available video. Copying the video from the tape to the memory card will result in degraded video, too.