Hi there,
I am trying to find a camera that enables me to do the following:
That's the idea, but with only 4 or 5 cameras, I guess it would be to expensive to use 8. They need to:
- Ideally have battery enough to film from dawn till dusk, or at least 5 hours. Because the cameras will be left by themselves, I won't need to waste battery on LCD's;
- Film small fish (1 - 5 cms) from a distance of 50-100 cms, at a depth of 15-20 meters;
- Without any artificial lighting.
I will need to get at least 4 of them.
I have been looking at cameras and I saw the Panasonic HC-X920, that can be fitted with a 3300mAh battery. The original battery is 1250mAh and it lasts over 2 hours without LCD on, so I guess that the result is a battery that will last close to 6 hours.
The problem is: a housing for this cameras can be quite expensive because they have lots of things I won't need. I just need to place the cameras on a rig, point them, make some adjustments and leave them there for as long as the battery lasts.
These animals are most active at dawn and at especially at dusk, so ideally I need a camera that accepts a battery that lasts that long and that have a decent low light sensitivity... at 20 meters depth without any extra lighting.
I will be filming them daily for 2 months.
Any suggestions?
I am trying to find a camera that enables me to do the following:
That's the idea, but with only 4 or 5 cameras, I guess it would be to expensive to use 8. They need to:
- Ideally have battery enough to film from dawn till dusk, or at least 5 hours. Because the cameras will be left by themselves, I won't need to waste battery on LCD's;
- Film small fish (1 - 5 cms) from a distance of 50-100 cms, at a depth of 15-20 meters;
- Without any artificial lighting.
I will need to get at least 4 of them.
I have been looking at cameras and I saw the Panasonic HC-X920, that can be fitted with a 3300mAh battery. The original battery is 1250mAh and it lasts over 2 hours without LCD on, so I guess that the result is a battery that will last close to 6 hours.
The problem is: a housing for this cameras can be quite expensive because they have lots of things I won't need. I just need to place the cameras on a rig, point them, make some adjustments and leave them there for as long as the battery lasts.
These animals are most active at dawn and at especially at dusk, so ideally I need a camera that accepts a battery that lasts that long and that have a decent low light sensitivity... at 20 meters depth without any extra lighting.
I will be filming them daily for 2 months.
Any suggestions?