It also provides numerous features absent on the stripped-down ZR80 and improves on the ZR85 with a wide-angle lens converter and an S-Video port for higher-quality output to a TV or capture from another video source.
Weighing a little more than a pound, the Canon ZR90 isn't the smallest MiniDV camera in its price range, but it's still fairly compact and comfortable to hold for long periods. Its viewfinder swivels up instead of just pulling out horizontally, as is the case on some other budget-priced models.