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  1. wrassjd

    wrassjd Weekend Warrior

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    Quick question. I'm hoping one of you experts/enthusiasts can help me out. Can you use a zoom controller on the Canon Vixia HF R500?


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    wrassjd, Mar 5, 2014
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  3. Trevor Olson

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    Sorry but it doesn't look like it does. Rather inexpensive cameras like this one don't offer manual focus or lanc remote plug.
     
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    jfergus7 Legendary Woodsman

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    Not to hijack your thread but you got me thinking about this now. Trevor or anyone else what would you suggest for a remote for my XA10?
     
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  5. jvanhees

    jvanhees Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Can you plug it into your AVR port if you have one? I know there are conversion cables as well.
     
    jvanhees, Mar 6, 2014
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    Scrapelinehunters Weekend Warrior

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    I have a VariZoom VZ-Stealth Miniature Control for Prosumer DV Camcorders with LANC Jack. Simple and works great, $118.00 on Amazon.
     
    Scrapelinehunters, Mar 6, 2014
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    the lower end Canons do not offer a lanc or av/r jack but most all of the Sony cameras have one AV/R buy a Sony you can pick up a SonyHDR XR160 for around $300 and its an awesome little camera has a 160 gig hdd which will record like 50 hrs of full hd footage and also has an input for a shotgun mic .... check out ebay good luck
     
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