The ZR 45 is one of my favorite Canon camcorders...this one was in great shape and works fine. The seller communicated well on the camera.EBAY does an excellent job in presenting each case.
I bought this camera new a number of years ago and never had any issues with it. I am a professional video producer and shoot with many high-end video cameras, but I use this a lot for quick stuff that I need to show my clients. I also use it to convert analog content to digital via the firewire port to my editing systems, and it has never failed me. Its a great little camera and I would highly recommend it.
I bought his camera after hearing about the sony CCD recall, the recall covers a lot of digital cameras that were made in the 90's that won't show any picture but play previous recorded tapes fine. Through Cannon, Sony pays to have the CCD camera inside replaced. There isn't even any shipping involved, you hopefully end up with a perfect camera for cheap.
We purchased the camera to replace an older Sony 8mm Camera. I like the camera features, compact, able to put on wide angle/fisheye type lens. What apealed to me most was the fact that the camera can do 16:9 format and record from an Audio Visual input source (We film Mountain Bike videos) With a small bullet cam you can put this Canon in a secure place and mount the bullet camera some where else and get great footage. We really enjoy the camera. Thanks Bill
It is a very sturdy camera with a good lens (a good buy anytime) Pros: Stabily, Performance. Cons: low resolution for still photos and no manual iris settings, but still a great camera.