Some Notes on the text I would like to perform:
- The battery power charging problem is solved by the offered here "Battery Charger Bundle Star" for around 32 to - begrudge. There are the charger 2 batteries 1240 mAh Patona For NP-BX1 delivered and the charger itself is equipped with connections for power, Autoadapter- u miniUSB charging -. Could hardly be more! Thus, a 3 batteries are available, that should be enough for most actions.
If you want more, you should think about a solar charger on the go (weather permitting of course), I use for Fahrradnavi's, etc. to recharge the phone. a solar e Go. Has proven itself in my Black Forest Erzgebirge-bike ride well!
- The topic "Menu settings" if the cam in the underwater case is, I did not quite understand.
I am able, after I turned on the cam and connected via Wi-Fi with my iPhone, on's iPhone almost "all" settings to make (movie / photo mode, recording quality: HQ / STD / SLOW / Sslow / VGA, STEADYSHOT: A / Off Angle: 120 ° / 170 °, Recording: Start / Stop).
For good photos I have a Canon and for smaller items up to the images of Use Video Cover rich the best still images from the action movie that you possibly with the video filter de-interlace and other brightness, contrast u. Color enhancements in Adobe Photoshop Elements reworked.
An audacious thing in my opinion is the lack of connection of a tripod thread on the Cam!
As long as I have to do with the photo or video, it has managed to throw something no one on the market. And only the pricing of Sony plays a role.
I am forced to this tolerable underwater case on the bicycle in beautiful summer weather to drive through the countryside. Everyone who sees me and has no idea, I believe came from the aliens, not to mention the start of the lens in the underwater housing and thus unusable shots throughout.
To this to go out of the way, I'm buying my camera the necessary AKA-LU1 housing for around 100.-, the price situation is now suddenly very different. Now I have the Cam cost around 330.- and now the cost advantage, the small size and low weight are gone.
- On the subject of audio.
What you really want to get in touch with an Action Cam? Stereo, Dolby Digital or live sound?
Sound requires in most video recordings post if it is to be good, but you need a video editing program, in my case, Edius Neo 3.5. In one track, you can insert music or even spoken commentary and the original one can make louder or softer audible more or less, but this is connected with work. Will you not, you have to be satisfied with what the Cam captures and that's mostly wind noise or with underwater housing - nothing! Point!
For underwater shooting times get easy loan on television, what do they do? "The" have a suitable background music and occasionally moving his feet in a wash bowl, to mimic a water noise.
From the comments of Go Pro or other Cams I do not think much, the You Tube film comparisons have mostly not produced clear, or were poorly done, as I judge better what I myself have tried. Only have convinced me the recordings of the slow motion of the motorcycle racer, who was also a decisive factor for my purchase.
The Go Pro more accessory has, probably lies in mind that it already longer are these cams on the market, than the Sony.
Personally, I am afraid, as one reviewer here said, walking around like a Teletubby.
I still have a Contour + and that is after I have performed an identical comparison, just as good or bad as the Sony with the only difference being that the Sony a tinge of blue, and the Contour has rather a twinge toward red when can ever talk about it. And strangely enough, the Sony have 120 ° degree adjustment and the Contour + 170 ° degree adjustment in the final result almost identical image. The color casts can be removed easily in post. The focus is the same, even the slight erosion in bushes etc. away, it's just how it is generally in videos, good shots require a lot of light and thus the Actioncams with their limited settings simply beautiful weather cams.
I bought the Sony HDR-AS15, was simply, as already mentioned, to the possible slow-motion shots, the two angle settings, the SteadyShot and the size of the cam, which I consider to helmet mounts for effective, must but has yet tried be. I also like that one for a while can look at the picture while recording on the iPhone in order to correct a possible imbalance of the action.
This is not possible with my Contour + once I set up recording, the image (via Bluetooth) has disappeared.
For additional brackets (motorbike) I recommend a look at the features of the RAM mount to throw. Here are the most diverse variants.
As with the Contour + I hope even at Sony for more updates that improve the little weaknesses yet, for lack of tripod mount I have now become a self-made mount with tripod thread in work, with which I can take no underwater housing.
