Sony HDV H3 announced

Hey all - thought I would let some of you know I got the announce ment of a new SONY HD camera for the consumer market.

Check out the release on UWDV.COM at http://www.uwdv.com/index.php/option/content/task/view/id/55

Nah !!

I'll stick with the A1 for now.

Apparently has 5lux but whats 2 more between friends.

Dive safe

DeanB

Nah !!

 

I'll stick with the A1 for now.

 

Apparently has 5lux but whats 2 more between friends.

 

Dive safe

 

DeanB

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LOL - Good one Dean...

The slo mo option looks cool, but as I haven't even got my new A1 into it's housing and into the water yet, I'll not be buying another toy so soon ....

This seems to be up against the Sanyo camera. Would be great for surface footage while the proper cam is in the houisng.

I wonder if there will be an A3 to go with it.

Nick

EDIT: Oops, noobie mistake... Sorry didn't realize there was another recent thread on this announcement. Can one of the mod's either scratch this post or toss it over in the other HC3 post. thanks.

http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12290

Sorry if this is old news, but looks like Sony will start rolling out HC3's in Japan this month and April for the rest of the world.

http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/archives/...hc3_full_s.html

Does anyone with connections to the big housing manufacturers know if any housings are in the works for the HC3?

Tempted to get the HC1, but might hold out a bit longer for the HC3

another link but in Japanese. looks like a Japan release date of March 3rd and possible price of jpy160,000. that bigger LCD looks nice...

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20060221/sony1.htm

I bet Ikelite will have one soon.

Yep. my bet on Ike to be the first....

TopDawg housings will work with it already.

In addition to the generic housings as well as Ikelite, I know some of the other manufacturers are seriously tossing the idea around and will probably be announcing their decisions as soon as the camera is released.

It will be interesting to get one of these in my hands.

We have had a number of customers succeccfully install HC1 / A1 camera is housings that were built for the TRV950. I in turn have fitted a TRV950 into a EVO HC1 housing.

I wonder if it is a near fit to some previous camera ? ??? Sort of looks like the TR3400.

It looks like you could fit the HC3 with a wideangle lense fitted in the TopDawg housing and be able to use the monitor back.

all my 2 cents are starting to add up to 4 cents

Peter

will be interested whether the HC3 will allow manual WB like the HC1. If the Sony annoucement is correct, appears this might do better in low light.

Good to hear housing manufacturers are seriously looking at this camera.

BTW, what is the usual time lag from when a camera is rolled out to when a housing manufacturer gets a production housing out into the market? just curious...