Ask for SANYO HD 2000

[cuimc]

I got a HD2000, will buy housing and light and wide angel lens, any suggestion? I saw a UK HID cannon 100, is it can use as video light? how about 'Sea & sea Lx33' and 'Dark Brucker 12W HID 2100mA Vide Light'?

How Cannon 100 contact housing? any arm I should buy?


Thank you

 

[scipionems]

Hi Cuimc,
for Sanyo Xacti HD 2000 I've seen this kind of housing from Patima on Unterwassekamera.at.
http://www.unterwasserkamera.at/sho...o=p2424_patima-xacti-vpc-hd1010-gehaeuse.html
It looks good.
Scipio

 

[diversteve]

A couple of Light Cannon mounting options:
Cameras Underwater: Underwater Kinetics light cannon 100 HID video light

I know of people who use the Light Cannon with the diffuser as a video light.

The other housing I've seen for the HD-2000 is the Epoque:
http://www.epoque-japan.com/e-digitalhousing-ehs1000hd.htm.
They also have their own light/arm for it in either LED or HID:
http://www.epoque-japan.com/e-digitallight.htm

 

[cuimc]

what kind of filter with house? can I use a Normal 67mm red filter for underwater.

 

[diversteve]

That Patima housing looks solid. I think I'd go that route instead of my suggestion.
I've read in threads here that the early Epoque's had problems with flooding but hopefully that's been corrected.

 

[H2O Photo Pros]

The Patima housing for the Sanyo is a very nice, solid housing. Very well built and works well with Inon wetmate lenses which is always nice

 

[gracero]

Hi,

I recently did a 60 dive trip with the Epoque housing and had no problems with it leaking at all. The shop I bought it from said that the housing design had been modified to prevent the earlier reported leaks. I was very pleased with the set up - the only slight downside is that being small and light it was a bit hard to hold steady. Mounting on a tray made this easier - possibly the Patima is heavier and hence easier to hold steady.

I used a Fisheye 1000 as a combined dive torch/video light which worked OK but to be honest I didn't need a light during the day nor did I use a red filter. I found white balancing against my hand was all I needed to go to get good colours. I used an Inon UWL WA lens which was useful but I was able to get good footage without it.

You can see some short examples of my footage on youtube if you search for: kMEu9xYF9qA (sorry the antispam filter is not allowing me to post a URL)

The clips aren't great value but this is mainly because I haven't got any editing software yet and the format I exported them to youtube isn't very good. On a HD TV the quality of the video from this set up looks very good. When I get the kit to edit the video I'll post some better clips.

Hope this helps,

Richard

 

[scipionems]

Hi Richard, thank you for sharing the video.
I'm very interested in this model of videocamera and there are not much underwater videos made with this Sanyo.
It looks good, but I don't like very much the housing from Epoque.
At what depth have you carried the housing ?
Thank you again.
Scipio.

 

[gracero]

Scipio

I think the deepest I've been to with the housing is about 30m - I believe it is rated to 45m. What's impressed me with the camera is that I was still able to white balance and shoot without lights even at that depth.

I agree the quality of the housing doesn't compare perhaps to a more expensive aluminium one but at less than $450 it represents excellent value especially when many much more expensive housings for other vidoes don't give access to manual white balance.

Richard

 

[scipionems]

Hi Richard,
Thank you for the informations about the depth.
You are right, the alluminium housing from Patima is very good, but too much expensive.
I have to take in consideration the Epoque housing.
Thank you again.
Scipio.