My girlfriend just bought me a vs620 for valentines day, maybe the best present i ever got! 
Just wondering if anybody would like to post a review of them. How are they in stained water or in low light periods? Do they spook fish?
I have the MarCum VS625SD. Out of the box, I had a camera head that leaked in the first couple hours of use. Marcum replaced it, and I have probably 300 to 400 hours on it now. Its all good!!!!!
I’ve had mixed feelings on the camera head. Some fish spook, other come up and investigate. I like it when mine stays in color mode because I think you get a better depth perception of the image. But the B/W is very good. For ice fishing, I try to keep it as reasonably as far away as possible, yet still see my jig. Its an addiction 
Had mine out for about 40 hours, new to me this winter. Addicting is a good word for it. Unbelievable tool for fishing cold front fish, as I experienced last weekend.
I won’t go fishing without mine. I have use the camera almost exclusively vs. my Marcum LX-5. Just mind blowing the difference when you can actually see the fish’s mood on a camera vs. a locator. This weekend I plan on doing a lot of scouting on a lake. Just taking the camera to checkout structure.
Everyone always talks about fishing the transitions, rock/sand mud/sand and so forth. I can’t wait to actually be able to find one
I’m not sure where your fishing Josh, but where the rip rap stops falling down the bank and the sandy bottom starts is an awesome transition.
P4 Sunday 2/12/12 some place along the MN side near the dam, I captured this one. Too bad Jesse didn’t with his ringworm. 
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Everyone always talks about fishing the transitions, rock/sand mud/sand and so forth. I can’t wait to actually be able to find one
I can’t tell you enough how much you can learn about your locator in your boat if you run it in open water. After a summer of spot checking what I see with a H/bird 1198, I could almost go out looking for Bearing Sea gold (just kidding, its not quite that good) but now I know the difference in shale rock, granite boulders, hard silt….by how the bottom reflects. Just remember to stop and fish once in a while 
how would a guy go about recording video with this thing?
I thought you would never ask…
great video! I’ll probably have to watch it about a dozen times to really figure out whats going on. from what i see if i already have a video camera i don’t need the aiptek. I s that right?
As long as your video camera has a VIDEO IN (A/V IN) port, you are set!
I purchased the MarCum 625SD. This past weekend I gave the Marcum camera and LX-5 a workout at the Alexandria fishing contest. It was a mighty cold weekend and it wasn’t the easiest way to scout for fish chiseling through 6″ of ice in pre-drilled holes, but with a little effort transition areas and fish were located! Weeds and sand were easily visible, even a yellow chisel that was found in the bottom of the lake. 
Numerous sunfish, bass and pike were attracted to the camera head…a wonderful sight to see in these situations.
I found my spot fairly quickly and stuck it out, well I guess I had to since all the other holes were claimed eventually. My small silver/glow Slender Spoon was my choice lure and it was a waiting game until start time. 12:00 rolled around and small sunfish were all over, and all I wanted was to get on the board. I ended up weighing a fish I thought was a joke, but that weight lasted the whole tourney. I upgraded one sunfish and waited out for a pike to seal the deal, but the pike hit a tip-up and got off.
With the assistance of the MarCum 625, LX-5 and the Slender Spoons it was a winning trio of $700 when it was all said and done for my wife and I.
Time to attempt one more contest and then bring on open water. I can’t wait to use this camera in the summer! And use the camera to go get that chisel back if I can find a magnet…
ok, one last question. I noticed your camera had a very bright light on it while you were filming in dark water, the 620 just has the little blue lights. will i be able to see at night? is there a way to get a brighter light?
If I was a mean person, I would tell you to turn the camera towards your eyes, turn on the light switch and then hit the UP arrow 3 times.
I’m not so don’t do that directly into your eyes.
It’s bright and you will see amazingly well!
$700.!! That just paid for some gear! 
Brian, i was thinkling about your post yeasterday while out on Fox chasing crappies. Watched a big pike blast a small crappie. One of those moments where you get all ticked off because all I would have done was press the record button when I dropped the camera down 
You wouldn’t believe the times I missed a great shot because I couldn’t record fast enough!
Two trips ago, my 4 gig card was filled up 1/2 way through the day. This NEVER happens…then I remembered I was using the card for a hard drive to transfer files. No problem, just erase the whole card…right?
I’m glad there wasn’t anyone on the river that day, I think I made Jesse uncomfortable by my rant. I erased some VERY big fish clips. We don’t get great shots of 7+ pound fish very often…and I dumped them. 
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