Posts by hau

  • UW Video questions/answers

    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

  • UW Video questions/answers

    LunkerBuster---Thank u brother:toast:
    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

  • UW Video questions/answers

    cww180---I just now saw your cww180 FIRST video. IMO that is a GREAT start :thumbup:
    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^^)


    All this is above just my humble personal opinion in an effort to help
    NICE video :toast:

  • UW Video questions/answers

    I want to say thank you to sdeisen.
    He stopped by and saved me :thumbup:
    sdeisen either felt sorry for me or got tired of my stupid newbee video/computer questions.
    He came over and spent hours fixing my laptop AND installing a "recommended" video editing program titled PowerDirector
    Seems that the "PhotoFunStudio" that came with my FX37 is some BS program almost impossible to operate for a normal user. No wonder me with my caveman computer skills couldn't get the damn thing running
    PowerDirector looks like a real editing program, that even a caveman can figure out. We will see


    Thank you to the spearos that have helped me with THIS project: :hail1: Dan, sdeisen, greekdiver, cww180

  • UW Video questions/answers

    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 :toast:

  • UW Video questions/answers

    Dan----thanks, I just wanted to verify that I had the progression correct.
    sdeisen---thanks, I'm getting it now. I can get a video from PhotoFunStudio to YouTube to freedivingspearfishing.
    I just didn't understand where I EDIT the video.
    Dan---you edit in PhotoShop correct?
    My EDIT site would be PhotoFunStudio that came with the camera.
    I think my problem is in PhotoFunStudio. It is version 2.1E and the FX37 in HD Video requires version 4.0.


    Thanks for the help:thumbup:


    (Still looks like my YOUNGER brother)

  • Spearguns that float with the shaft in

    Dan--another reason to NOT having a floating LOADED gun is that it would be more likely to get tangled in a float line.
    A POSITIVE reason to have a floating LOADED gun is in case the gun gets away from the spearo,; like a flipped yak in the surf, or falls out of a boat, or comes disconnected from a float line, etc
    IMO, I do not like a floating LOADED speargun for the same reasons as Dan. I like to let go of my LOADED gun in the water and prefer the gun stay exactly where I let go of it in the water column.

  • Spearguns and buoyancy

    Dan---agreed.
    But what you were asking about is a hollow air filled barrel.
    I was just asking if a hollow air filled barrel changes its float like a diver (positive or near positive at the surface yet drops faster with deeper depth) OR does it have the same float no mater the depth, like a wood gun?
    Just asking because maybe an air filled barrel MAY float different depending on the depth.
    (Where is Tin Man and seaweed when you need him ?( :) )


    edit--Sorry, I was typing slow during the last 2 posts, sorry

  • UW Video questions/answers

    My FX37 manual says that zoom above 5X (digital zoom) can distort the image, so looks like the zoom answer for my FX37 is 5X.
    I also found "YouTube for Dummies" that I'm going to buy:)


    UW video spearos---next stupid newbe question== Is this the correct procedure?
    1. Shoot my UW video, then plug my camera into my laptop and download into Panasonic PhotoFunStudio.
    2. Then edit my UW video in PhotoFun Studio.
    3. Then send my video to YouTube.
    4. Then copy/paste the picture or video from YouTube to freedivingspearfishing.com Is that correct?
    Thank you for helping me with my stupid newbe questions.

  • Spearguns and buoyancy

    My RA 120CF floats with the spear in, with a reel, and with my UW cam BEFORE I added lead.
    I do not know anyone else who's gun floats with the spear in.
    My same set up is neutral at close to the SURFACE.
    I write this because air filled guns like RA, Aimrite, Mako and others MAY act different in the water than a wood gun. An air filled barrel MAY have less bouyancy at deeper depths than a wood gun.
    Do you think an air filled barrel acts like a diver who is positive on the surface yet sinks past a certain depth?
    Just asking