Has anyone compared both of these cameras used with the Bluefin housings? Ease of wb, focus, manual controls of shutter, speed, etc.? I'd love to see a 'hands on' evaluation of them.
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HFS-11 vs CX520 in Bluefin Housing?
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HFS-11 vs CX520 in Bluefin Housing?
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First, both of these units are very easy to use, especially with MWB.
As for a comparison of the two, lets go through how you would complete MWB with each of the cameras.
For the Bluefin C (HF S10, S11, S100) you would select the menu, then use the joystick control to select White Balance, then hit the MWB button, once white balance is set, you would hit Menu to exit out. With the new CX500/520 housing it is REALLY easy for MWB, and is FINALLY one touch MWB. Light and Motion was able to program a series of IR command sequences, so when you hit MWB button, the remote handle sends the programmed sequence (in this case the same sequence as you manually enter on the HF S10/S11), however you are only hitting the button one time. Here is a link to the WP forum on this new bluefin, scroll to the bottom and watch Eric's video of the IR sequence in action!
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The CX520 has slick access to one touch white balance, but changing exposure and focus is clunky at best. Maybe 75% of customers only care to change white balance on a dive, but I wouldn't suggest that camera to someone needed exposure or focus control frequently.
I dive the s10 set up with focus controlled by the left and right arrows on the left grip, and exposure controlled by the manual dial.
If one touch white balance was the last function activated in the S10 camera menu, setting it again is a sequence of "menu, set, menu". The camera's white balance routine will take longer than the button presses required to activate it.