http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/ Discussion of underwater video cameras, housings, lighting, and editing. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:22:43 GMT esnyders@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3775 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3775 Dear group, Before the press release is sent, we like to inform all underwater filmmakers about the coming event: The third edition of the North Sea Film Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:46:28 GMT Roger Roth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3774 I've had good luck on ebay getting camcorders as have many of my UW video students. Just be sure to read everything about the cameras; what's included, what's Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:33:12 GMT Steve Douglas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3773 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3773 Be careful of ebay, I have two friends who each lost 2k trying to buy camcorders. Steve ... WORLD FILMS & TRAVEL WWW.WORLDFILMSANDTRAVEL.COM Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:17:09 GMT William Kimlinger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3772 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3772 Cool- thanks for the excellent advice! I've got an HC7 in the housing now but Amphibico doesn't have a manual white balance option for that camera, only the Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:54:59 GMT Steve Douglas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3771 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3771 The HC-1 has no assignable button which I use for white balancing. That is the one feature that makes the A1-U so much more valuable and worth the money. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:41:31 GMT Jim McGauhey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3770 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3770 ... I've purchased 2 off ebay with good luck, but you might have to wait a month for a really good deal. There's a lot of demand for this camera. My first one Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:50:27 GMT William Kimlinger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3769 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3769 Hello all. I'm looking for a used Sony HVR-A1U to put in my amphibico housing. If anyone knows of one for sale I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Will Kimlinger Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:54:25 GMT Mary Lynn Price http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3768 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3768 To All Underwater Filmmakers: This is a call for entries for the 10th Annual San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition, scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings, Fri, 22 May 2009 01:13:58 GMT Mike Boom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3767 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3767 ... Velvia Reef, actually. We dove there three times, and the cuttlefish decided to mate the one time I was set up for macro. Great place. The cruise directors Fri, 22 May 2009 00:39:32 GMT richard maliszewski http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3766 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3766 ... Sounds like the coral garden left of the point at Karamolun? --Richard Fri, 22 May 2009 00:34:23 GMT Mike Boom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3765 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3765 ... Nice camcorder! A big step up from the little ones I'm used to using. Maybe the Panasonic white balance is a lot smarter than Sony's. It could also be that Fri, 22 May 2009 00:33:51 GMT Mike Boom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3764 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3764 ... Thanks, John. We did have a great time, although the quick version of the debriefing would have to mention lots of time schlepping through airports and Thu, 21 May 2009 02:44:32 GMT Josh Jensen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3763 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3763 I am using the HVX200. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Thu, 21 May 2009 02:39:32 GMT John Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3762 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3762 Mike, I hope you had a great time on your journeys -- I wish I were a member of your local club so I could sit in on a post-trip debriefing. One thing you Thu, 21 May 2009 02:25:21 GMT Mike Boom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3761 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwvideo/message/3761 I'm just back to California from PNG, the Solomons, and Fiji and am trying to shake off the remnants of a very nasty three-week cold while plowing through