A1U in Guatemala at DVinfo.net

Jack D. Hubbard · August 18th, 2006, 08:04 AM

Greetings from Guatemala. I have been using both the Z1 and the A1U here, but hiking in the jungle makes the lighter weight of the A1 ideal. After a couple of days, I also dumped the tripod; the monopod works very well. Lots of humidity, but both cameras seem ok; just keep them out of air condition spaces and hour before you shoot. More later. I have also been using the manual exposure lever...a lot it is very helpful. And hope to use the Merlin shooting pyramids today.

Tony Macasaet · August 18th, 2006, 12:39 PM

Thanks for the post. Looking forward to updates on this project.

Chris Hink · August 22nd, 2006, 07:01 AM

I look forward to the updates too. I'm very interested in how the A1 holds up in humidity for long periods of time.

Jack D. Hubbard · August 22nd, 2006, 05:38 PM

were basically non existent. Having said that, I must tell you that the A1U was, for most of the time, in the Jungle; not going in and out of air conditioned spaces. But I have virtually no problems with it, and it looks like the footage will match very well with the Z1. (More on that later). By and large it is a very sturdy camera. I used a Sennheiser ME64 instead of the Sony issue mic and the audio is quite good.

Regards,

Jack

Jack D. Hubbard · August 22nd, 2006, 05:39 PM

were basically non existent. Having said that, I must tell you that the A1U was, for most of the time, in the Jungle; not going in and out of air conditioned spaces. But I had virtually no problems with it, and it looks like the footage will match very well with the Z1. (More on that later). By and large it is a very sturdy camera. I used a Sennheiser ME64 instead of the Sony issue mic and the audio is quite good.

Regards,

Jack

August 18th, 2006, 08:04 AM	#1
Jack D. Hubbard Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Menlo Park, CA Posts: 342	A1U in Guatemala Greetings from Guatemala. I have been using both the Z1 and the A1U here, but hiking in the jungle makes the lighter weight of the A1 ideal. After a couple of days, I also dumped the tripod; the monopod works very well. Lots of humidity, but both cameras seem ok; just keep them out of air condition spaces and hour before you shoot. More later. I have also been using the manual exposure lever...a lot it is very helpful. And hope to use the Merlin shooting pyramids today.

August 18th, 2006, 12:39 PM	#2
Tony Macasaet Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Viroqua, WI Posts: 49	Thanks for the post. Looking forward to updates on this project. __________________ ~Dr. Tony Macasaet http://www.macastat.com

August 22nd, 2006, 05:38 PM	#4
Jack D. Hubbard Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Menlo Park, CA Posts: 342	Humidity Issues were basically non existent. Having said that, I must tell you that the A1U was, for most of the time, in the Jungle; not going in and out of air conditioned spaces. But I have virtually no problems with it, and it looks like the footage will match very well with the Z1. (More on that later). By and large it is a very sturdy camera. I used a Sennheiser ME64 instead of the Sony issue mic and the audio is quite good. Regards, Jack

August 22nd, 2006, 05:39 PM	#5
Jack D. Hubbard Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Menlo Park, CA Posts: 342	Humidity Issues were basically non existent. Having said that, I must tell you that the A1U was, for most of the time, in the Jungle; not going in and out of air conditioned spaces. But I had virtually no problems with it, and it looks like the footage will match very well with the Z1. (More on that later). By and large it is a very sturdy camera. I used a Sennheiser ME64 instead of the Sony issue mic and the audio is quite good. Regards, Jack

August 22nd, 2006, 07:01 AM	#3
Chris Hink New Boot Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 24	I look forward to the updates too. I'm very interested in how the A1 holds up in humidity for long periods of time.