At first I was looking at getting an fx7, but since I don't have much video experience yet I thought it would be better (and cheaper) to start off with an hc5. It might end up serving as a capture deck, but I want to start out with this little thing to master the basics of HDV.

So I was thinking about getting this camera with the HCC marine pack and the Raynox HD-5050PRO. Does this lens fit inside the underwater housing?

I plan on doing a lot of followtype stuff with this camera in the snow. Do you think the HDV image will hold up or will there be a lot of compression artifacts and jaggies as they call it sometimes? Of course I will be on my snowboard and so will the subject be. Do you think this is possible with HDV or not?

I hear different stuff everywhere. What do you guys think?

I'm very new to this and only practice photography currently but all the help is welcome and thanks very much already for your time!

Tom