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How many waiting for a Vee Cam?

I ordered a Vee Cam at the LIDS this year and was told delivery would be first week of April!

Well anyway, delivery has tumbled back to possibly the end of July as they are redesigning the camera head or something..

I was just wondering how many people are still waiting for their's to turn up(or was I the only one stupid enough to order one??!!)

I am seriously thinking about cancelling my order and getting a refund as I m getting bored waiting

The only upside is...I get a free car charger?!
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I ordered a Vee Cam at the LIDS this year and was told delivery would be first week of April!
Huh?
Mine came about on schedule.

I wonder what's wrong with my camera head...
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Given the problems that people seem to be having with them maybe you are better waiting until all the probs are cured.

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Given the problems that people seem to be having with them maybe you are better waiting until all the probs are cured.

Or better still, don't waste your money on it 'full-stop'. I posted a while back when this gizmo came on the market and said how I believe those that get one with quickly get p!ssed-off with the standard of footage gained. If you want video that is anywhere near watchable you need to do things like; hold the thing steady/frame the shot/think about composition etc, the VeeCam is no different to the helmet mounted cameras we use all the time in commercial diving (apart from the fact ours work ) and after watching several minutes from such a device one almost loses the will to live. Basically its crap, really crap and only of use to us as a 'black box' in the event of an incident or for project queries. Someone mentioned that you could "poke it into holes" but as someone else said, "It needs light" so poking it in a wee hole will just film black. Sorry to put a downer on it all - its just the way I see - which counts for 'bugger-all' really.

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wouldn't the footage end up being really shakey?
would also be difficult filming any subject perfectly head on as u haven't exactly got a display screen?, would be unbearable/frustrating to watch
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Or better still, don't waste your money on it 'full-stop'. I posted a while back when this gizmo came on the market and said how I believe those that get one with quickly get p!ssed-off with the standard of footage gained. If you want video that is anywhere near watchable you need to do things like; hold the thing steady/frame the shot/think about composition etc, the VeeCam is no different to the helmet mounted cameras we use all the time in commercial diving (apart from the fact ours work ) and after watching several minutes from such a device one almost loses the will to live. Basically its crap, really crap and only of use to us as a 'black box' in the event of an incident or for project queries. Someone mentioned that you could "poke it into holes" but as someone else said, "It needs light" so poking it in a wee hole will just film black. Sorry to put a downer on it all - its just the way I see - which counts for 'bugger-all' really.

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Its a good point but i am hoping that I can film the whole dive and end up with enough to edit into something good. More importantly ill be experimenting with mounting positions as I am not so sure head mount is best.

I dont see lighting as any kind of issue as I dont use lighiting on 80% of the vidio I shoot now. Except of course the dive light.

I have been waiting since October 2007. If it works it wil be woth the wait. If i think of all the times i have jumped in without a vidio and wished i had one with me. The idea with the Vee cam it i take it on every dive.

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A friend of mine ordered one of these from the Birmingham dive show last year(I'm sure it was then)
He waited what seemed like ages, a few months, could have been longer.
When he used it recently it flooded or leaked, not entirely sure what happened to it.
Anyway it had to go back.
My way of thinking is if you are going to put a gadget on the market then surely thorough testing should take place.

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Or better still, don't waste your money on it 'full-stop'. I posted a while back when this gizmo came on the market and said how I believe those that get one with quickly get p!ssed-off with the standard of footage gained. If you want video that is anywhere near watchable you need to do things like; hold the thing steady/frame the shot/think about composition etc, the VeeCam is no different to the helmet mounted cameras we use all the time in commercial diving (apart from the fact ours work ) and after watching several minutes from such a device one almost loses the will to live. Basically its crap, really crap and only of use to us as a 'black box' in the event of an incident or for project queries. Someone mentioned that you could "poke it into holes" but as someone else said, "It needs light" so poking it in a wee hole will just film black. Sorry to put a downer on it all - its just the way I see - which counts for 'bugger-all' really.
Amen to all that, you're spot on.

The other, well, two actually, things that really bug me about the device is that (a) the "manufacturers" have seemingly never before done anything similar, which leads me to think that they're using the "early adopters" as guinea pigs and (b) that there apparently are so many otherwise intelligent divers out there prepared to plonk down their money on a device which is totally untried and untested, more importantly that they apparently fail to realise that the manufacturer does not seem to have any previous expertise in this type of thing. If anyone now tells me that producing a "waterproof" photographic device (there's no such thing and there will never be one) is a doddle I suggest they go and buy at least a dozen of these wretched things, and then hope for the best.

For those that refer to editing, I can virtually guarantee you that the subjects that you want to edit will be, as one example, the tails of fish as they rapidly disappear from view. Moreover nice dark fish with no colour to them, probably out of focus.

For those of you that think that putting the thing elsewhere other than the head, where's the viewfinder/display? At least with a torch you can redirect the light if your aim is no good.

For those of you that believe you don't need lights, do please forget about this whole concept of underwater photography altogether.

I'm sorry, but that's the reality of it.
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Veecam, has anyone got a review?


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