Jonathan Bird
03-19-2009, 10:29 PM
This JVC GY-HM100U might make a really nice UW video camera (http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL101845&feature_id=01).
http://pro.jvc.com/pro/attributes/HDTV/photos/300w/neo_300.gif
It's small (handle is removable), has 3 sensors, an ND filter and white balance controls--which is to say it's professional. It shoots full raster (1920x1080 rather than 1440x1080) video at 1080/24p and 1080/60i in 35 Mbps rather than 25 of HDV. It also shoots in a Final Cut compliant MPEG2 video format so no rendering or conversion for the files to edit directly in FCP. Only downside is that the camera records to memory cards rather than tape (kind of a down side to me in terms of archiving plus dealing with the media in the field). However, it uses relatively inexpensive cards rather than specially-made cards so theoretically you could have enough to get you through a full shoot for a couple weeks without needing to dump them to a computer.
http://pro.jvc.com/pro/attributes/HDTV/photos/300w/neo_300.gif
It's small (handle is removable), has 3 sensors, an ND filter and white balance controls--which is to say it's professional. It shoots full raster (1920x1080 rather than 1440x1080) video at 1080/24p and 1080/60i in 35 Mbps rather than 25 of HDV. It also shoots in a Final Cut compliant MPEG2 video format so no rendering or conversion for the files to edit directly in FCP. Only downside is that the camera records to memory cards rather than tape (kind of a down side to me in terms of archiving plus dealing with the media in the field). However, it uses relatively inexpensive cards rather than specially-made cards so theoretically you could have enough to get you through a full shoot for a couple weeks without needing to dump them to a computer.