HDR-SR5/7 vs. HDR-HC5/7

[kckid]

Seems like the hard drive option makes more sense instead of having to deal with 60 minute tapes on the HC series units.

From my understanding both the SR & HC units have the remote / lanc connector for electronic control. So what am I missing? Seems like the hard drive option would make more sense.

Thanks!

 

[ScubaAndDreams]

SR5 does not have a viewfinder...SR7 does. I just received mine w/ikelite housing (so I can have access to MWB opposed to many of the other housings.) yesterday. I went with the SR7 b/c I also think the Hard Drive version makes more sense...and I am going to use it just as much on land as I will be in water.

 

[kckid]

Guess I'm dumb... viewfinder?

 

[Teamcasa]

SR5 only has a flip out screen to view, SR7 also has a flip screen but in addition it has an eye piece viewfinder to peer through. Much better camera IMHO.

 

[ScubaAndDreams]

K now I have a question, looking through the manual I cant find the asnwer...I was under the impression I could reassign button on the LCD to make them more accessible, for example move the MWB to the main menu....any ideas if you can even do that?

Thanks

 

[diversteve]

The HDD cameras use AVCHD compression, a new format pioneered by Sony and (I think) Panasonic just a couple years ago. Some of the NLE's - notably Adobe Premiere CS - don't support it yet for video capture. Sony actually just started supporting it this summer. I've read the resource requirements for editing are steeper for AVCHD than HDV/Mpeg2 also. More about it:
Advanced Video Codec High Definition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Where do you dump 60-80GB's of video if necessary. A laptop? And where do you archive multiple 80GB files? I've got a box of tapes.

Although I believe my next camera will be an HDD model. Maybe the SR8 or it's successor. I'd like something that still fits in my housing (EVO).

 

[diversteve]

K now I have a question, looking through the manual I cant find the asnwer...I was under the impression I could reassign button on the LCD to make them more accessible, for example move the MWB to the main menu....any ideas if you can even do that?

You can, I think I did it by just playing around with the setup menus on the LCD. I don't find the manual a great deal of help.

It's late and I'm traveling for Thanksgiving early tomorrow so if you don't figure it out by Sunday PM and I'll see if I can send you a quick tutorial...