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[laura1 0]

hi guys,

im wanting to start doing some camera flying next year when i have some cash but dont know where to start.

does anyone have any advice on;

-types of camera to get and all the extra bits needed
-where the best place is to buy a camera and am i better off getting 2nd hand gear to start with
-any good books/idiots guides to help me get started and understand all the technical jargon.

im not wanting to buy anything yet but id like to be a bit more in the know for when i do have the cash.

cheers

laura

[quade 4]

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-types of camera to get and all the extra bits needed
-where the best place is to buy a camera and am i better off getting 2nd hand gear to start with
-any good books/idiots guides to help me get started and understand all the technical jargon.

If you're not looking at buying anything immediately, then don't worry about the camera or technology of this exact moment. It changes fairly rapidly and what is valid for today, may not be the best advice on a particular camera 6 months from now.

In the mean time, learn to fly your body as well as you can in whatever aspect of the sport you are pursueing. Focus on stable exits right out the door with no bobbing of your head or losing sight of whatever it is you're focusing on during exit. That means -never- losing eye contact with the -specific- thing you're watching. Focus on it like a laser beam.

I've recently watched a LOT of folks exiting on big-ways and while they are all excellent skydivers, it's amazing how much time and focus they seem to loose just getting out the door.

On the other hand, it's also amazing to see somebody that does it right and knows -exactly- where to focus and exactly how to present their body for the exit to make things work correctly.

This is a critical skill in ALL types of camera flying.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[jsyslo 0]

Youve definatly come to the right place for information. I highly recommend you do as much homework as possible. Search this forum for keywords in you question, and you find a treasure of info.

Blue Skies!

[BETO74 0]

I started with an N-vertigo helmet, then I got the Video cam Sony PC 101 got a chin cup and roll case from bone head and the cam eye, ofater that got the .3 lens from Royal lens. I'm still flying that set up and I just got a Blade helmet full face to do tamdems, also got Canon Rebel, QR stroboframe, and I'm waiting for a .5 lens.
Can only say once you're in you can't stop, Also got the editing video board and character generator.

If you are into freefly my only suggestion is get a helmet you can use with or without the camera, I used to take the camera case out if I did not feel confortable with what I was gonna do, it took me a while to get used to having a camera.

Fly the camera gave me direction in what I would like to call my skydiving carrer even that I don't make my money that way, it really challenge your flying skills to get tha million dollar shoot, just be extremely carefull.

Like they said before do some research this is the place to find information about anything and everything.


Good luck.

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