Thanks Lucas.

The source was 1080i. Deinterlacing doesn't seem to work all that well. Maybe the problem is the person editing the video..oops, that's me! The original looks much better.

I do notice that HDV REALLY hates pans.....I am going to try to not use pans for our next group trip HD video which is to Anilao next month. We're having a turnout of at least 50.

Nice video Dave! And glad to see you have moved over to vimeo.

Christie

Hey Christie,

I was on Vimeo 8 months ago before they went HD, it wasn't so great then.....was tipped off about here a week ago...nice to see familiar faces. I wish that CareYou Dive Center guy was here...his vids were awesome too.

Wow. What a nice video. I would like to be able to keep the cam so steady. I guess it takes a lot of practice.

Nice work.
Peter

Peter,

I have since found out by actually READING the Sony videocam manual to turn off image stabilization which really ruins pans by making them blurry. I thought it would make my video footage more shaky, but that hasn't proven to the the case. I employ various tactics to keep my housing still, from pushing the bottom front of the video light battery pack into the sand, to using my left hand to hold the outside edge of the left light with my hand resting against a rock or dead coral.....because the lights are outboard it acts as a good stabilizer as I am almost always in some sort of surge or current. I also dump my BC and I tend to keep my rebreather loop volume low. This brings me down to my knees which I usually do providing I can drop down onto something not living.

Eliminating the videocam image stabilization has improved my last footage pans shot in Anilao used by a Philippines television network.

I need to see if I can get up to speed on white balance for non-illuminated shots done on wide angle like David Whites work. His footage is awesome as is his editing.

Right now I am editing my Indonesia footage and now for the first time trying to time the music to the clip transitions.

Anyone know how to get a hold of Nelson from Care You Dive Center in Taiwan? I want to invite him here, his stuff was awesome too. He was on Stage6.

A-mazing. I've dove off the Sabang area in Mindoro before and it was excellent. Love the videos and can't wait to see more!

Hey great stuff! If you like this check out vimeo.com/scubatv See Great White Sharks, Wakatobi, Indo, California, and diving from around the world. New video's every week in HD!

Great video!

Yeah, unfortunately you'll pretty much always loose something in the transfer. Did you try just using it interlaced? How did that look. HDV (25 megabits per second) is not really the same thing as HD (100 megabits per second) so I'd just use it for what it is. It'll look better if everything stays the same from acquisition, to output, to viewing. Even up-conversions hurt image quality.

Genius thinking to turn the image Stabilizer OFF! Way-to-go! Your shots look pretty steady. If you want more stability you might try using a tripod or mono-pod that you can sacrifice and take underwater. A mono-pod is not as solid, but you only have to look for tiny dead spots, to rest your shots;)

The reason HDV doesn't do your beautiful pans justice, is because it only records certain key-frames, compressed, and then it records the differences between the next bunch of frames. Then at intervals, it records another complete frame, and then the differences between the next ones. So, your computer is rendering most of the frames that we see. I like the fact that the Sony Z1U records onto tape. But to get nicer motion, you might consider a Panasonic 200, recording onto P2 cards.

Oh, my next toy will be a Scarlet 3k 120fps videocam.