While both are entry level camcorders shooting interbased HD at 1920x1080, I was privy to seeing a footage comparison shot underwater yesterday. Both cams were shooting in auto white balance and exposure. There was a tremendous difference in the color of the Canon as opposed to the Sony. The Sony produced very green footage, typical of California but the Canon was night and day above the Sony with strong colors and truer resolution. I was really surprised at the difference. I would like to have seen a comparison of their low light and manual white balance results. I have been told that Light & Motion will be producing a housing for the Canon as well as the Sony. This will be very good news for many and I was happy to hear that L & M is starting to open up to lines of cams other than Sony. This is a real positive in my book.
Steve
While both are entry level camcorders shooting interbased HD at 1920x1080, I was privy to seeing a footage comparison shot underwater yesterday. Both cams were shooting in auto white balance and exposure. There was a tremendous difference in the color of the Canon as opposed to the Sony. The Sony produced very green footage, typical of California but the Canon was night and day above the Sony with strong colors and truer resolution. I was really surprised at the difference. I would like to have seen a comparison of their low light and manual white balance results. I have been told that Light & Motion will be producing a housing for the Canon as well as the Sony. This will be very good news for many and I was happy to hear that L & M is starting to open up to lines of cams other than Sony. This is a real positive in my book.
Steve
I agree! It will be a hard decision, but I will be buying one of the two in the L & M Bluefin Pro. Waiting, waiting, waiting... does anyone know when the L & M housing will be available for the HS10?? Please let us know!!!!!!
I agree! It will be a hard decision, but I will be buying one of the two in the L & M Bluefin Pro. Waiting, waiting, waiting... does anyone know when the L & M housing will be available for the HS10?? Please let us know!!!!!!
Housing this week, WA lenses September, but no Macro flip lens as camera lens is too wide, and they can't get it in the housing!
That is a huge advantage to the Sony XR520 system, as you can do super macro and super WA on the same dive, no port / lens swapping!
Yeah there is definitely an advantage of ports with the XR 520. We expect our first shipment of HF S10 housings the week of the 15th. Im a huge fan of the WP90 port! Best bang for the buck, and fantastic video quality. Its the same fathom port Ive been using and recommend for smaller Gates systems for years.
