Hazards of the Deep Video Critique Wanted

[diversteve]

Wow, that looks like the smallest one yet and HD too! I think this is just what I was looking for. Any feedback on this camera compared to other HD cameras like it?

There is some talk that the low-light performance of the HC-7 is less than stellar. I have no firsthand knowledge of it.

Here are some recent threads discussing it:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/un...one-actually-use-sony-hc7-underwater-yet.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/underwater-videography/209447-hdr-hc5-versus-hdr-hc7.html
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/underwater-videography/205952-hc7-topdawg-ii.html

And bfisher just bought that exact package - Seatools & HC7. He hasn't shot it yet afaik but might have some comments about the housing.

I played with the Seatools HC3 housing in L.A. last summer at a show, I don't see how it could be any smaller - it's so tiny that the housing would've fit in my small Sony camcorder bag. One area of concern for me was the flimsiness of the external mirror, but it appears that the HC7 housing is more substantial. If you have big hands or wear gloves, you may want to try one first, the buttons are very close together.

There's a review of the HC7 on camcorderinfo.com. In the comments at the end they talk about the possible reason for it's low light performance - too many CMOS pixels in the same size chip as the HC5 which generates more noise at low light levels...

In SoCal, Seatools dealer is H2OPhotopros in Newport Beach. PM Mike Luzansky.

 

[DocWong]

Purely constructive; keep each clip under 5 seconds. My average scene length for Endless Scooter is about 3 seconds. Makes it a pain to edit, but more pleasurable to watch.



Enjoyed the video! Keep em coming!



All the best, James

That's great to know, your video flowed quite well and I would not have thought that your scenes were that short. It's amazing how long it takes to edit.

 

[Mr.X]

Storyboards are a terrific way to organize and present a story. I'm not quite sure what the story is...? There is some drama in there. Naturally, it's all dependent upon what clips you have available. Your video is quite enjoyable, but the sequence with the crab comes close to animal harassment. It's probably personal because when I used to dive off Hopkins and the Breakwater someone always thought it was fun to play around with the Sheepcrabs, dislodge snails or squeeze cucumbers etc. The sea lion is very cute and dovetails nicely with the story. I like animal in situ sequences.

Just some thoughts. Thanks for putting it out there. If I didn't have secret identity I'd link you to some of my videos.

X

 

[DiscoverTheBlue]

Or you could get both in one package: Seatools/Sony HDR-HC7 camera/housing.

The housing is 7.3" x 4.4" x 7.7". 3lbs out of water, 10oz. underwater.

Thanks a lot for pointing this one out. Seems truly amazing and TINY! Very nice.

 

[diversteve]

Thanks a lot for pointing this one out. Seems truly amazing and TINY! Very nice.

Seatools is a division of Fisheye of Japan. They just started selling here a couple of years ago. Reef Photo/Video in Ft. Lauderdale is the U.S. distributor.