Olympus E-PL1 Video questions - need some help ASAP

[Lizard Leg]

There is a good chance my wife and I will be invited on a once in a lifetime event in a few weeks - a 4 day coral spawning trip with the Women Divers Hall of Fame and NOAA/NMS.

We have the GoPro rig setup with decent video lights for what it is. My question is concerning my E-PL1.

I have never used this camera system for video and while I will take a lot of stills, for the actual spawning, I think video is the way to go

If (crossing my fingers), this trip happens, what are the best settings to use on the E-PL1 for video? The best lens? More than likely, I would use the Zen Underwater dome with a 14-42mm or the 60mm macro. I will rig one of my tripods with some weighting to setup int eh sand and get rock steady. Focus settings? Other settings?

But I have never used this rig for video other than goofing off and don't have a lot of time to practice if this happens. And and all advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[JackConnick]

Steve;

We have a great free Handbook that should answer many of your questions:
Video Tips for Photographers

Jack

 

[Lizard Leg]

Thanks Jack - will look at as soon as I can. Any thoughts on focusing mode for video?

 

[Lizard Leg]

I also have options when it comes to lighting. I could go with a single 15,000 lumen Big Blue VL15000P-ProTC, a single Big Blue VL5800P or triple Big Blue AL1800XWP.

The single lights could be mounted left, right or on cold shoe. The triples would be all 3.