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This deal is still available.

I would sell it for $2600 not including the camera or any camera accessories. You would get: Light & Motion Stingray HD underwater housing with monitor back, standard lens, color correction filter. - L&M 80-Degree HD Wide Angle Lens - L&M Stingray HD Weight Bracket - 2 UK Light Cannon 100 HID light with video filters, rechargeable batteries, and AC adaptors - Complete Ultralight Control Systems arms & mounts for lights and housing - Pearlstone Ultra Rapid Charger plus 8 2900mAh NiMH batteries for monitor back

PRICE DROP. $3,100.

This awesome deal is still available. $3,200

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Hi, there is nothing at all wrong with it.

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Thank you, but I am not sure what I will be replacing this system with.

PRICE DROP. $3,200. This is killer deal!

Light & Motion Stingray HD underwater housing with monitor back, standard lens, color correction filter. - L&M 80-Degree HD Wide Angle Lens - L&M Stingray HD Weight Bracket - Sony HDR-SR12 HD 120GB Hard Drive video camera with all accessories & box - Sony AC-VQH10 quick battery charger/power adaptor - Sony BC-TRP travel wall battery charger - Sony NP-FH100 high capacity battery - Sony NP-FH70 medium capacity battery - 2 Sony 8GB Memory Stick PRODuo cards - 2 UK Light Cannon 100 HID light with video filters, rechargeable batteries, and AC adaptors - Complete Ultralight Control Systems arms & mounts for lights and housing - Pearlstone Ultra Rapid Charger plus 8 2900mAh NiMH batteries for monitor back ---- $3,500 picked up at my house in Massachusetts or shipped anywhere in the continental U.S. Payment via PayPal to confirmed address. This setup has been used to make only 3 U/W movies.

Nothing is easier to edit with than the HDR-SR12 in my opinion. Unless you are filming dive movies on a daily or weekly basis you will not run into the archival problems. Yes, you will need a significant scratch or back up drive, but this would be needed anyway. The HC9 is the last of a dying bread of quality Sony consumer level HD cameras that are all AVCHD now. Unless you are bound to a housing that is specific to the HC9 or absolutely need a couple more controls, or tape + hard drive archives vs. just hard drive I cannot reason why you would consider tape based for a new camera, unless you were after really high quality, in which case you are looking at the wrong cameras. If I compare video between my SR12 & HC9 to my Canon XH-A1, there is NO comparison, it's very obvious to the naked eye that there is a huge difference between a consumer level camera and a pro level camera. However, I don't want to travel with that large of a housing. Also, you could archive on Memory Stick too with the SR12. I have used miniDV cameras for years, even used the HC9, and recently got the HDR-SR12 and it is truly a life changing innovation and huge time saver for me. The quality is great, probably better overall than HC9. Read this: http://www.sonyhdvinfo.com/showthread.php?t=13610 My workflow for a dive trip is so easy now: -Shot video -Open housing every couple days and edit, cut down clips(all within camera UI) to desired content, and backup to the Memory Stick. Wow no wasted content on tapes. -Do final cutting while waiting for or on plane ride home(all within camera UI), and backup complete content to 8 or 16 GB Memory Stick. -Insert Memory Stick into computer, processing only the already chosen content instead of wasting time processing tape after tape after tape. -Create Movie and I am done.

I never have used a cable successfully with AVCHD. I move the clips over to the Memory Stick card within the camera and only use the Memory Stick card in the computer, it works flawlessly. When I first got the HDR-SR12 I had issues with the cable so I never used it again.

Hi Steve. I get lost in Final Cut which keeps me using iMovie HD. Hopefully my work flow can aid you? 1- After doing some in camera cutting and editing I back up my clips on an 8 GB Memory Stick, there are 16GB available now. 2- I open iMovie 08 & insert the Memory Stick into a card reader, the AVCHD clips automatically load and I save the movie, no editing, this is just a go between program. 3- I open iMovie HD and create a new movie as iMovie 08 is the worst thing Apple ever created. 4- Find the .mov clips in the iMovie Events folder created by iMovie 08 and copy them into the new iMovie HD movie, edit the movie and I am done. ****You Need iMovie 08 to initially import the AVCHD video. iMovie HD cannot process them.****** I use a Macbook Pro 17" with a 26" external HD display, and a 1 TB external hard drive for scratch and saving these very large files which would eat up all the space in the laptop with just a few movies. One day I will take the time to master Final Cut, maybe. Apple realized their huge mistake with iMovie 08, so they allow a free download of iMovie HD to qualified iMovie 08 owners from their website. Maybe someone here can chime in to better answer you Final Cut Pro question?

Hi Meimei, sorry for the delayed response, just got back from Cozumel yesterday. My personal opinion is the SR11 or SR12 is the future of camcorders so why not take advantage of it now. The actual quality difference between the SR11/12 and HC9's lower compression is negligible, I have used both. However, you gain the huge benefit of recording on a hard drive and being able to do in camera editing and backup to Memory Stick with the SR11/12. I cannot stress the benefit of this enough. I have my desired clips all cut to size and backed up prior returning home, saves hours. You are not comparing a pro camera to the SR11/12, if so MiniDV might be a better choice as pro/semi-pro hard drive cameras are computer processor hungry. I usually edit in iMovie HD, but sometimes in Final Cut Express. The weight kit for the L&M Stingray housing is necessary. The Stingray housing does not offer much camera control as the L&M Bluefin & Gates housings do, but for what I do the Stingray works great. If I ever decide to get a pro camera, then I would expect to have more control over white balance etc. I am satisfied with the SR12 and Stingray package, but know that it's a huge step down from a FX1. However, I can fit my Stingray housing, SR12, 2 Light Cannon 100's with batteries, one regulator complete, all my power adapters & cables, a Manta Jr. reel & float, and more in my approved carryon. Whereas, the FX1, housing and lights alone would put me over my 50 pound checked bag allowance. This would leave no room for a bottle or two of quality Tequila.

Hi, Since the SR-12 always starts in video mode when inside the Stingray housing it is necessary to switch into photo mode regardless, that's when the camera/housing becomes unreliable and locks up. I have committed to using the housing for video only now. Honestly, the photos from the SR-12 were not that great anyway. The May Cozumel video was shot with one UK Light Cannon 100 + 2 video filters, the July Cozumel Video was shot with 2 UK Light Cannon 100's + 2 video filters in each, these light are great. I have the L&M Stingray wide angle lens, but have not found the right opportunity for it yet, so all video is show with the standard lens. Overall, I am happy with the results I am getting with the SR-12, and love the in camera hard-drive editing/cutting I can do prior to brining video into the computer.