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ronrosa:Files wouldn't play. Some kind of quicktime error came up. Do you have a wmv version ?
Sorry, needs Quicktime 7.
I might make a WMV version, but the Quicktime/H.264 is awesome for low-res delivery
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ronrosa:Files wouldn't play. Some kind of quicktime error came up. Do you have a wmv version ?
Ryan:I can white balance the bluefin hd on a slate one of two ways-
1. Cradling the housing in my left arm like a baby, and pressing MWB with my index finger.
2. Tucking the housing in my left armpit, and white balancing with my thumb.
Neither is easy. The HC3 allows MWB with your thumb from the handle
limeyx:here's my first FX1 footage.
Kind of washed out due to no red-filter and lots of ambient light
D/loads are 30M for the first (low res) 330 M for the second (full size medium quality)
I am liking H.264 encoding for the web but it doesnt seem to scale very well.
http://nickambrose.com/diving/movies/catalina-11-4-2006-ship-rock-cdrom.mov
http://nickambrose.com/diving/movies/catalina-11-4-2006-ship-rock-H264-med.mov
chuck e:My wife recently bought the HC-3 with the L&M housing. I have been using a TRV-950 in a USVH housing for the past 4 years. It's great watching our last 2 dive trips in HD off the tape, but we've noticed that the 3 chip TRV-950 produces better color rendition when comparing each video shot on the same dives/conditions. Also under poor conditions, i.e. particulates, low light, the HC-3 loses autofocus more often than the TRV-950. I don't know what your professional end use will be, but there is little consumer market for HD DVD at the moment. If your goal is professional UW video, IMHO get the best camera you can. Topside the HC-3 produces nice video, but has limited external mic input if you need high quality sound.
alo100:I've a question for chuck, would the infra-red help for dim light condition, because I've heard that sony is famous for night shooting for its camcorders. Then I noticed that besides the build-in infra red lighting, users can buy another add-on for further distance. Would it possibly help for the focusing/shooting in your opinion?
ScubaBob92651:I love how the FX-1 handles low-light. That was huge school of fish at Ship Rock, very cool. I'm sure you will be getting some great footage using a filter and white balancing. Just a thought on H.264 encoding, I think converting to 960x540p or 1280x720p would give better results for computer playback. I think that is what Wags was doing with his?
ScubaBob92651:I tried doing the slate, WB button handle check my psi juggle for awhile, then found it to be a waste of time. First, you are white balancing on an object that is 5-6" in front of your lens (or however far you can hold out you slate in front of your camera and be able to get it to focus - assuming you want a good WB) - that is only good if your subject is only 6" from your lens (very rare, unless you are constantly shooting macro.) Second, you are wasting about 15 seconds or so to complete this task. In the mean time, ole' white tip or Queen Trigger is long gone at this point, but she sure would have been a beut.
I white balance on my subject, or close enough to it where there is a good spectrum of color (all coral won't work.) It may vary by camera, but I find with my JVC HD10 (HDV) and Gates housing this works incredibly well. I just completed 46 dives in Bonaire using this approach, probably white balancing on average of 10 times per dive. If I used the approach above, I wouldn't have a small percentage of the shots I ended up with.
I've also went from doing CC on about 50-60% of my shots to maybe 5% now. Much more accurate approach to white balancing.
HiDefPics:Turn on your lights, have your buddy position the slate so the lights are shining on it, zoom in, iris, WB.
ScubaBob92651:I actually thought about attaching my white slate to my buddy's tank