Hello:
I apologise in advance if any of this was discussed before. Some part has been previously discussed but not most of it or, at least, I could not find it.
Sorry but I am very new to all this world (apart from gopros..) so some of my questions may be stupid.
I am considering buying one of these cameras together with the Ikelite housing My aim is to shoot stills and video on both topside and underwater but MAINLY underwater video. I would also like the camera to be as versatile as possible so I could shoot wide-angle, macro, etc. I already own 2 bigblue video lights 10k lumens each. I am looking for advise/guidance
Questions:
1- Sony . After searching on the internet, on a few websites they say one of the downsides of the Sony camera is that, due to the zoom range (200mm), you could not shoot both wide-angle and macro on the same dive as you would need to use a different port. The ikelite housing allows full zoom. Wouldnt this be enough for macro shots? So in this case, would I be able to shoot semi wide angle and macro? ( please note in this case I would use NO wet lenses)
2-Panasonic. If due to this bad point (question 1) I decide to go for the panasonic camera, provided I would use no wet lenses, wouldnt I be in a worse situation than the above ( worse macro, same/worse wide angle?)
3- Panasonic. if wet lenses are a must, I have seen the ikelite housing has the chance of installing a flip adaptor, so I could flip on and off the macro wet lens during a dive.
- Whats getting you better macro? Sony withouh wet lense using the zoom VS panasonic with the wet lens
- What about the wide angle lens? the port is a thread 67mm. Could I put it on and off during a dive? is there a bayonet option?
4 - Sony. If wet lenses are a must, according to Ikelite I would have to change the port to a 3 inches ,67mm thread unabling the full zoom use. Wouldnt that take me to the exact same situation in terms of versality as using the Panasonic with the ikelite housing ? ( same port so same wet lenses possibilities/necessities) . If this is right, I do not really understand why you can shoot both macro and wide angle on the same dive with the panasonic but not with the sony.
5 - Would a change of housing solve any of the issues above?
6 - Is the flash of these cameras any good underwater? (maybe for macro???) . Would the video lights help anyhow for the stills?
7 - Considering I am currently using a gopro hero 7 black with the 2 bigblue lights. Would a change to any to the cameras above mean a noticeable improvement on the underwater videos?
Sorry for the long text and thanks a million in advance
Happy new year to all of you
Safe diving
Jorge
I apologise in advance if any of this was discussed before. Some part has been previously discussed but not most of it or, at least, I could not find it.
Sorry but I am very new to all this world (apart from gopros..) so some of my questions may be stupid.
I am considering buying one of these cameras together with the Ikelite housing My aim is to shoot stills and video on both topside and underwater but MAINLY underwater video. I would also like the camera to be as versatile as possible so I could shoot wide-angle, macro, etc. I already own 2 bigblue video lights 10k lumens each. I am looking for advise/guidance
Questions:
1- Sony . After searching on the internet, on a few websites they say one of the downsides of the Sony camera is that, due to the zoom range (200mm), you could not shoot both wide-angle and macro on the same dive as you would need to use a different port. The ikelite housing allows full zoom. Wouldnt this be enough for macro shots? So in this case, would I be able to shoot semi wide angle and macro? ( please note in this case I would use NO wet lenses)
2-Panasonic. If due to this bad point (question 1) I decide to go for the panasonic camera, provided I would use no wet lenses, wouldnt I be in a worse situation than the above ( worse macro, same/worse wide angle?)
3- Panasonic. if wet lenses are a must, I have seen the ikelite housing has the chance of installing a flip adaptor, so I could flip on and off the macro wet lens during a dive.
- Whats getting you better macro? Sony withouh wet lense using the zoom VS panasonic with the wet lens
- What about the wide angle lens? the port is a thread 67mm. Could I put it on and off during a dive? is there a bayonet option?
4 - Sony. If wet lenses are a must, according to Ikelite I would have to change the port to a 3 inches ,67mm thread unabling the full zoom use. Wouldnt that take me to the exact same situation in terms of versality as using the Panasonic with the ikelite housing ? ( same port so same wet lenses possibilities/necessities) . If this is right, I do not really understand why you can shoot both macro and wide angle on the same dive with the panasonic but not with the sony.
5 - Would a change of housing solve any of the issues above?
6 - Is the flash of these cameras any good underwater? (maybe for macro???) . Would the video lights help anyhow for the stills?
7 - Considering I am currently using a gopro hero 7 black with the 2 bigblue lights. Would a change to any to the cameras above mean a noticeable improvement on the underwater videos?
Sorry for the long text and thanks a million in advance
Happy new year to all of you
Safe diving
Jorge
