Sanyo Xacti C5

[JamesD]

Anyone tried one of these?

I'm curious, as I'm thinking of replacing my current video camera and HUGE heavy bulky (annoying) housing with something rather more compact and lightweight.

I realise this isn't a professional system, it's more a "play" system, but I'm curious if anyone has been able to get there hands on one and try it, my concern is that it seems to not be a fabulous video/still camera in lower light conditions, and underwater is often lower light conditions..

 

[Mike Newman]

I have the next model up - the C6 - with an Epoque underwater housing. It's reviewed well on low light video and I was impressed with a first dive last week, when there was little sunshine around and I was at about 60 feet. The Epoque also gives full control of the camera settings, including manual white balance. The video output is 640x480 at 60 fps. (That's good quality TV output - not HD, but quite acceptable). Another advantage, video is output in MPEG-4 - compatible with Quick Time and most decent editing programmes. Hope this helps.