Canon announced plans today to scale back their MiniDV line for 2007. This is the result of the inevitable move to HD, plus consumers are looking for alternatives to tape such as recordable DVD's, hard drives or mega-big flash memory. The lonely Canon Elura 100 will no longer be carried and there will not be a replacement. The ZR series will have 3 new models, the ZR800, ZR830 and ZR850. Pricing ranges from $279 to $349 and they should be available in late January.

Canon also announced 4 new DVD camcorders, the DC210, DC220, DC230 and DC50. The DC50 is the big daddy and replaces the DC40. It records to 3-inch DVD-R/RW discs and can record up to 60 minutes of video on a single-layer disc, 108 minutes on a dual-layer disc. If you need a still shot, it can also shoot a 5.39 megapixel image to a MiniSD card. Pricing ranges from $399 to $799 and they should be available in February/March.

For additional info and detailed specs, checkout these articles from CamcorderInfo:

Canon ZR MiniDV Series Lives On Elura Says Farewell
Canon Offers Four New DVD Camcorders for 2007

They've compiled all the info and specifications in one location which makes it easy to do side-by-side comparisons of the different models.