huwporter
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New announcement:
Sony RX0 1.0-type sensor ultra-compact camera with waterproof and shockproof design
Should offer RX- level image quality in a GoPro size body - I've been waiting for someone to do something like this for ages,. The idea - a larger sensor in a tiny body - has huge potential for UW imaging, as a backup camera, or as a tiny primary camera for travelling light, or on tech dives where you might choose not to take a full size rig.
As a generation 1 product, I can see a few major shortfalls as a decent dive camera. 1: Limited to 1080 internal recording; needing an external recorder for 4k ain't going to work UW. 2: No image stabilisation. 3: Going to be video lights or available light only for now - doubt it has any way of triggering a strobe. Maybe generation 2 will fix some/all of these.
Now if one of the housing manufacturers wants to offer a decent dive housing with wet wide-angle lenses...
Sony RX0 1.0-type sensor ultra-compact camera with waterproof and shockproof design
Should offer RX- level image quality in a GoPro size body - I've been waiting for someone to do something like this for ages,. The idea - a larger sensor in a tiny body - has huge potential for UW imaging, as a backup camera, or as a tiny primary camera for travelling light, or on tech dives where you might choose not to take a full size rig.
As a generation 1 product, I can see a few major shortfalls as a decent dive camera. 1: Limited to 1080 internal recording; needing an external recorder for 4k ain't going to work UW. 2: No image stabilisation. 3: Going to be video lights or available light only for now - doubt it has any way of triggering a strobe. Maybe generation 2 will fix some/all of these.
Now if one of the housing manufacturers wants to offer a decent dive housing with wet wide-angle lenses...