garef001 0 #1 February 23, 2004 i have a trv33 and it broke, anyway i bought it from best buy and luckly got that extra warrenty. i have a choice betweem the trv or the new hc40. anybody know about this camera? Thanasi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 February 23, 2004 Read the specs carefully. 1/6th inch chip and 25mm thread for the wide angle -- combined, it's going to make getting a wide angle interesting. Might be interesting, but I'm not going to be the first!quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garef001 0 #3 February 23, 2004 whats the difference between 1/6 and 1/3 chips? i already found a WAlens for a 25mm thread, just wondering why would that make a difference in wide anle lenses? Thanasi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 February 23, 2004 A 1/3" chip is actually going to be about 4 times the surface area of a 1/6"chip. Depending on a couple of things, it might not be as "wide" as you'd normally expect on a 1/3" chip camera.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #5 July 19, 2004 I recently bought a SONY DCR HC40 and it is working great! Sold four out of the five videos I "spec'd" on Saturday. I will admit that price was a major factor in chosing the HC40. The other factor was the CCD. Sicne the HC 40 has a one megapixel CCD, it has far better resolution than any of the other HC-series, resolution rivalling the PC 109. Hint, turn the "EASY" button ON and leave it ON, Colour and contrast will come out much better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altichick 1 #6 October 19, 2004 I've just got myself a HC40 and I'm in the process of setting it up and buying the extras I need so I can start jumping with it. Just wondering what lens & step ring you are using and where you got them from? Don't sweat the petty things... and don't pet the sweaty things! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #7 October 19, 2004 I have used low-profile, 0.3 and 0.2 wide-angle lenses from www.generation freefly.com. The 0.3 lens worked great for videoing my own tandem students and the 0.2 provides an even wider field of view. Granted, generation freefly's lenses may be a bit more expensive than some other after-market lenses, but the 0.3 has zero fish-eye distortion and the 0.2 only has a tiny amount of distortion. Those super-wide lenses work great for handy-cam, but if you are doing outside video, you will probably want a 0.45 or 0.5 lens. The low profile also comes in handy - excuse the pun - for handy-cam. I have yet to snag either of these lenses after 200 jumps. My first lens needed a stepper ring to adapt its 37mm threads to the 25mm threads on my Sony HC40, but the second lens came with 25mm threads. Generation freefly also has several other sizes of stepper rings. Stepper rings are inexpensive, it is more a hassle of finding a supplier who has the correct size. And since SONY is in the habit of changing thread sizes every few years (for example, this year's PC 109 and HC series are the first SONYs with 25mm threads), after-market suppliers are always scrambling a few months behind. Hee! Hee! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfc 1 #8 October 20, 2004 great camcorder. I've used it with a 0.3 from cookie composites for a couple of months now and no problems, it is a 25mm lens so no step ring is required Here's a pic I captured off a jump a couple of weeks ago, you can get an idea of the wide angle. Cliff's hand was only about a foot from the lens. At 6 feet you can get a complete vertical person in frame, assuming you can center the camera correctly. BTW the PC 109 has exactly the same optics and chip, so you wont get any better quality video using it over the HC40. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
