Studio F.7 and Ki Productions: May 2010

5 Days of Ishigaki Island

The weather was not in our favor for this 5 day trip. We arrived on a Monday and left on a Friday. It rained every single day except for Friday, but even then it was windy. It meant less Canon 1DM4 time on the beaches and more time in the car driving around checking out the island.

The island itself is beautiful. Tomochi and I both saw the beauty of the island even though it was miserable weather. The water was still that nice blue color that you only get in the tropics. There was a patch of sun without rain one Thursday morning so I took the Canon HV20 and the Epic Cam water housing system out for a test run. I will do a small review on the Epic Cam at a later time.

This was the first time filming underwater and I think I have plenty to learn about what you need to get a good solid piece of film to work with. Because I wasn't able to view the LCD while recording, I didn't notice that I turned it off and spent a good 30-40 minutes THINKING I was filming when I wasn't.

If you're thinking about going, do! It's a wonderful place. My only real advice when staying there is to stick to the hotel restaurants or to buy your food at the supermarket. Tomochi and I were not entire successful in finding local restaurants that didn't make our stomachs turn. The hotel restaurants on the other hand were great and affordable.

Here are the 5 days I spent with Tomochi on the Island of Ishigaki:
Everything was either hand-held or on a monopod. I love my monopod