My new HD Contour video camera

[Garth]

Hey, I just shot my first video on my Contour HD video camera. It is in a H2OV housing that is depth rated to 400'. During this dive it was a night dive and in a dark quarry. It is the first of many videos so I will try to post some more. I just cut a few minutes of our 30 minute dive.

Here it is. I have posted it elsewhere but this seems to be the best place.
YouTube - My First Project


Specs- the battery lasts 2 hours and with a 16gb sandisk card it will take 1080p video with 110deg wide angle lense included and installed for over that. There is a lot of things i will do differently for the next dive but it was a start. I'm excited to show what it can do in the daylight.

 

[Garth]

Oh it is mounted on my helmet so the bubbles will need to be fixed for the next time but oh well. I will have just as much fun fixing all the mistakes as I did with creating the sound effects.

 

[scubamarketing]

I thought it looked pretty good! What software did you use for post-production?

 

[Garth]

It was MacBook pro iMovie. Thanks.

 

[arkstorm]

I like that audio track you used in the beginning. That's not on iLife, where did you find your audio?

 

[Ozwald]

Awesome job !

 

[scubamarketing]

I guess I'm going to have to upgrade my old Mac Mini soon

 

[Garth]

imovie is great. I just switched from PC to Mac. and well unless microsoft does a complete do-over i don't plan on switching back. I will have another link tonight from my dive today.
I can't wait until i dive somewhere cool instead of the quarry.

 

[ScubaSarus]

Nice!!

I's like to see some daytime diving shots or light water video where the contrast isn't as good to see how it focuses.

 

[Garth]

Will have some new video this Friday from a day dive in both light and dark areas.