With the kind of camera you're likely to get use zero zoom. Control zoom by varying the distance between you and your objective.
I've already given you the answer but I'll explain a little more.
Do not use digital zoom, it will make an already crappy picture even crappier.
Do not use optical zoom, you'll run into digital zoom as you're messing around with the button. You will not have time underwater to use the zoom function. The optical zoom available to you doesn't make much of a difference underwater anyways. Just leave it at no zoom and vary the distance between you and your objective.
Uploading to youtube:
You'll need a youtube account.
You'll need the video file in your PC.
I can't comment on editing the video because every program is different and so is the kind of editing you will want to do. The most common editing is cutting and joining video segments. You also will probably want to encode the finished video file to a video format that will make the file smaller, otherwise it will take too long to upload to youtube.
If your video segment is short you may get away with uploading it to youtube without encoding it to a different format. The camera will usually give you a .AVI file to start with and those files are too big to upload to youtube if the video is anything more than a minute long. If the video is longer I usually encode it to .WMV (windows media video) format. Youtube encodes it again anyways to .FLV format.
Every time you encode the video loses quality so you want to minimize the amount of steps. In the worst case it should be:
.AVI file - Cut and join segments - .AVI file - .WMV file - youtube
Once you have the finished file you go to your youtube account and upload it.
Once it's uploaded and processed you copy the direct link to the video and paste it into any post.
So easy a caveman can do it 
didnt we jsut do this? u have a video posted now,, or am i tripping balls?
Sorry, I have no idea about your software. Photoshop is for editing images, we're talking about editing video. For editing video I use a few different programs depending on the complexity of the editing. Each program has its own learning curve.
Windows comes with a program called movie maker. Movie maker should be able to do everything you'll need to start.
okay i see,,, yeah i imagine just fitting segments together and cropping out bits on unnecesarry footage is all that would be necesary right? music?
Dan---thanks
sdeisen---thanks. Yea, exactly. I would like to have videos like greekdiver, but just a basic high quality HD video with sound is my goal. (I've received a lot of good natured pressure here on freedivingspearfishing to produce pictures and videos of spearin so I'm trying :))
Thanks brothers 
Here is my first attempt at doing it. I didn't like that if your video is longer than 9 minutes youtube won't accept it. So until I get better with the editing thing I will stay with vimeo, the camera is a Panasonic FX-35 on the lowest setting.
anytime, that editing program looks pretty promising,
No problem.
cww180---I just now saw your cww180 FIRST video. IMO that is a GREAT start :thumbsup2:
Is that the Dania Pier Euro Jaxs?
I started this thread as a learning tool for me AND others.
Do u mind if I offer some suggestions that could help u?
1. Your FX35 has an "economy" setting. What it does is shut the cam off automaticly after a certain time (off, 2min, 5min, 10min) u select. When the FX shuts itself off, all u have to to to start recording is click the shutter once and video is rolling:)
2. Is that a RA Tuna? I might suggest using 1 band while shooting smaller fish against the concrete jaxs. U can leave the other band on the gun, just not stretch it onto the shaft.
3. I run my reel line from the reel up through the Muzzle Line Guide Eye and then to the spear. To me the gun feels better with the line out the muzzle line guide and is the "normal" designed rigging that works for me. Also, IF that is a RA reel u are using and u shoot a bigger fish and he pulls hard in the opposit direction your gun is pointed, the reel can slide back and OFF the mount (if u are NOT using the muzzle line guide).:@
(Tin Man custom muzzles that I use come standard WITH line guides:D)
All this is above just my humble personal opinion in an effort to help
NICE video
we applaud your efforts to please us Hau...salute! to an old dog learning new tricks
LunkerBuster---Thank u brother
So far this video project has cost me $910. 
But to me it is worth it because of all the positive attrubutes spearin videos can provide.
1. Entertainment
2. Educational
3. Research and design
4. Legal evidence
etc
If the fish huggers continue their victories against spearfishing, I will be one of the few left to have a reason to get into the water. I'll just b hunting with my cam instead of a spear (honest officer, thats the truth 
) ( freedivingCAMfishing.com )
Thank you to the spearos that have helped me with THIS project: Dan, sdeisen, greekdiver, cww180
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