Customer Reviews
works perfectly 
2009-01-08
My Canon Elura 60 MiniDV camcorder works perfectly. I have not had any problems with it. It is easy to use and it's small enough to carry around on vacation. My previous camcorder was also a Canon and I owned it for 10 years with no issues.
CRAP (gave 1 star because it made me put at least 1) 
2008-07-29
Buyer Beware! Do not buy this or any Canon item! The remove the cassette error is for real! If you search the internet under "canon remove the cassette" you will find many, many people with the same complaint! Do not buy this camera! The backing by Canon is atrocious. They will do nothing, but offer to fix at your expense. Mine was fixed and ended up doing the same thing again, as well as the mind of its own zooming issues. You will read all these same things on many reviews/ratings postings around the web. Lemon product and Canon does nothing about it. I will not buy another Canon product and you should not either! I don't care how good their next one is. They didn't back this camcorder or do anything about the NUMEROUS complaints by people!
Clearly a defective unit 2007-12-28
I have owned it for 3 years and 4 months. Within the first two months, we had to return it for service because it didn't have any picture. I was told the whole lense assembly needed to be replaced. Now it has an eject tape error and the tape won't eject. It makes grinding noises. It has been well cared for. People who give it good reviews haven't owned it very long
"Remove the Cassette" problem 2007-05-19
Our Elura 60 also has the "Remove the Cassette" problem that other reviewers have posted. Search for this error code and you'll find thousands of pages of frusterated Canon owners and no fix to be found.
Junk 2007-01-21
Had this camera for 3 years. It has always had problems, and the thing just keeps getting worse. Had numerous problems including the 'eject tape' warning, no tape detected, viewfinder has gone out, buttons stop working, photo camera doesn't work, zoom malfunctions and randomly starts zooming in or out, and now something is seriously wrong with the digital chip, as I can't play back the tapes.
All these problems with 1 camera. Wow. What a piece of junk. Seriously, avoid this camera at all costs.
AVOID 2006-04-06
Life is full of special occasions that we wish could be savored forever - the ultimate vacation, the excitement of a high school graduation ceremony, your family's first trip abroad, the antics of your favorite pet. With Canon's new line of Elura camcorders, no matter where you go the moment never has to end. Create home movies and digital photos with life-like clarity. Then, transfer them to your computer with the click of a button. Offering a newly refined ultra-portable design at an affordable price, the Elura 60 is designed to fit your hand and your budget perfectly.
Canon Elura 60 pc main board had connection problems 
2006-01-26
The e-mail I sent to Canon.
Hi ,I have a Canon Elura 60 the I bought from a store as a display but looked like new. I used this camcorder for maybe 10 hours before it would lock up and I would have to unplug both batteries and then it would work but not be reliable. Then I bought a used Sony hc30 and it is trouble free except for the still picture quality is not as good as the elura.So then I decided to fix the elura and bought a used for parts camcorder off ebay.This is when I found that the pc main board had connection problems mostly to the ccd and tape eject motor.When the connector is not perfectly strait it will short out and burn the power in from the battery to the board or the three small fuses in the board.So I bought two more camcorders off ebay this was still less then the 170.00 you want for the new board that they say is not an updated board and they do not recognize it to be a problem.Well now I have 3 elura 60s and one 1 elura 65 camcorders that all have boards that are dead in the same way. I used my first 60 to test all three .I was able on one dead board to solder the three fuses that I could see burned with a magnifier and bring it back to life but It would not eject the a tape.Now I see on the elura 70 to 80 to 90 models that you say Condensation is detected - If condensation is detected by the camcorder, the "Remove the Cassette" warning may occur.But I still think this is a connection problem with the pinch style connector you have to the pc board and the video board.So now I am thinking of buying the elura 90 and I am asking if this camcorder is updated from the what I see to be a board defect. And if I order this new pc main board for my Elura 60 will this updated and trouble free.
Great Value for Your Money 2005-08-29
Great value for your money, lot of great and excellent features, clear and crisp picture, very good audio quality, zoom is better than any sony camcorders.
The Fiat of camcorders 2005-06-14
When it worked, this camcorder is a thing of beauty. The pictures are brilliant, the sound is good, and the battery lasts a respectable amount of time. The menus were fairly straight-forward for a novice to use. However, this thing spent to much time in the Canon factory shop because it kept needing to eject the tape, but couldn't. It basically became unuable. 1-2 tapes and it would go back to the shop. The factory is great - free repeairs, motherboard and fuse replacement - and returned in about a week. However, all these returns and lack of confidence and we've barely recorded anything of our newborn, now a year old! I'm going to buy a non-Canon camcorder for my baby's 1st birthday. Can't take that risk again!
Trust me on this one folks!!! 2005-04-30
My wife and I decided to buy a camcorder to record our wedding. Our wedding was on the beaches of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, so it was something special and we wanted to tape it. Unfortunately, the cost of hiring someone to film it would have cost us $750. So, in the end we decided to invest in a camcorder, set it up on a tripod on the beach next to us and tape it ourselves.
Before buying I spent over 20 hours reading reviews all over the net and the Canon Elura 60 consistently came out on top for camcorders under $400. It even beat out other camcorders costing twice as much! So we bought it and couldn't be more happy. We bought a $20 tripod from Circuit City, an extra battery, carrying case and tapes. It comes with a Fire Wire too, so that's a plus. Overall its easy to use, great picture quality, fair battery life, lightweight and does well in low light. Take my word for it or search the review sites yourself, this is a great camcorder!
