
Between 1992 and 1998, 79 hours of Humpback video was filmed using a Sony Hi8 Camera. It is still stored on Hi8 tapes has not yet been reviewed, analysed, edited or archived on CD. The age of these Hi8 tapes makes this a priority task.
Thanks to a recent generous donation of $1400 from regular Expedition participant Mark Cornish, we have obtained a Sony DVD Recorder and a Sony Digital 8 camera that plays analogue Hi8 tapes. This has enabled us to begin the task of transferring and archiving the early Hi8 footage in digital DVD format.
In August 1999 The Oceania Project received a donation of $10,000 as part of an involvement in a Japanese TV documentary. The donation was used to upgrade from the Hi8 analogue camera to a Sony DSR-PD100AP Digital Camcorder and DSR-V10P Digital Video Cassette Recorder.
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ABOVE: This table summarises the information obtained during the Expeditions which provides the data for the long term Humpback Study and the material for the 'Meet the Whales' section of the website.
The photography, video & song will also be used for a range of digitally downloadble educational presentations.
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