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there used to be a video on the internets called Mr ted. it started off with a Mr Bill but the jumper holding climbed on to the canopy pilots shoulders and stayed on untill they were about 10 feet AGL. then jumped off and executed perfect PLF with no injuries to either jumper

if the customer leaves before they get their video which can be as little as 10 minutes after their jump it has to be mailed which is costly and time consuming so we use tickets which have the students name and address written on them so they can be put in to the DVD cover and manifest has a copy for their records it reduces allot of confusion. also get the may get the student to write their mailing address on the envelope saves some time. faster computers and expenisve nle's always help. I have not yet worked with vegas production assistant yet or other add ons to Vegas but i thinik its worth the money to get a better quality product to the customer before they leave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cElqo4lKabg some video and pic samples of the 5d mkIII

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/BMW_Loses_Tire/?m=new#394646 It's on a pedal bike but its funny

congradulations doug. I am confident in the i will be happy with the book. I am sure it will will reinforce what I think I know and show me some stuff I didn't know and correct me on things things i was completely wrong about. Making it worth the $37 and most likely worth the 60 ish I could of paid for the book if i bought it after the pre sale.

How much will these go for? About $37 with the pre order and $60 something after pre order. I can only imagine it will be worth the admission price.

that was a really well directed video with lots of details that makes a great video.

great video thank you

i cut the handels touches out. I cut out it as the camera rises to touch the handles (brakes) and cut back in as the camera lowers. it makes for a smother transition or I pick in and out frames that look very roughly similar in general head positions, or simalar frames in color position and proportions. that way it is hard to tell and time has passed in the edit. There is the odd time the tandem masters have grabbed the brakes with out it really showing up on camera. the handel touches happen in roughly the same places so its not to hard to scrub and edit them out. Some dropzones edit their hand cam footage down to about 6 minutes and just keying in on the highlights. that cuts out allot of canopy video, but not all of the canopy ride is interesting and it still tells the story well. Which makes it easy to cut out the shit and have it look better overall. When i have customers sitting over my shoulder watching me edit they usually don't want me to edit much of anything. They want every little bit of the camera shake, camera handle touches and the camera got left on now one knew it was running video they can get. The students see their video with different eyes. Where i see shaky cam the student remembers this disorientating flip and massive airflow flowing over their body. Where i see painful to look at movement of the camera as the TM grabs the brakes. The student rememebers the tandem master is grabing those handels that make me turn.

BMFin Do you have any links to dual video tandems ?

the dropzone I edit has only used CX100 for hand cam and there are alot of hand cams out there using the CX100 as per dse's recommendations. yup that's pritty much fair but i have never edited video out after exit. when the tandem master says "ready set go" the camera is stable any rotations after that are because because the tandem is rotating and you see the plane going away from the camera. shaky camera can be reduced in free fall by reducing the amount cloth on the camera hand so it's not being pulled around by the wind. the camera set up we use cost about a grand and thats not cheap. though its not as much as a helmut CX100 and DSLR. i don't think camera flyers need to be so defensive. In the bigger dropzones it makes comlpete sence to have camera flyers because you have one person responsible for video who can deliver video and pictures to the editor with scenes that need little or no editing. the video length is half of what a hand cam video is. In a fast paced dz really helps to crank out videos and pictures. Hand cam video takes more time to edit render and burn. If the students want to watch the video before they buy it, longer to show it to them Because the video is usualy twice as long. It also looks better when edited buy hand to take out the shaky camera work like prep for exit, grabing brakes and other things. Hand cam is mostly a cesena thing because there aren't enugh seats in the plane to offer video for both tandems. The video quality is the same but does not offer pictures of the same quallity that can, and should be sold for more hand cam.

QuoteI have looked at the waycool lens but IMHO I thought the Royal lens looked better with less fish eye look Quote i don't see that much of a difference in the fish eye look.The royals have a blur affect that de-focuses everything but but a small bit in the center and it has this efect where it outlines all objects in the fore ground. The photos you shared show this. while the WAYCOOL is not perfect etheir but it does not have the soft edges that the royal does.

we have used the royal lens and well the photos you attached speak for them selves. I had better results with WAYCOOL lenses. Scratching this lens is a less expensive repair with this lens beasue it comes with a lens filter. OPTICA has a lens that i have been looking at but i am unshure about its durability for hand cam. Looking at GOPRO video i see more clarity over all and the lenses are 10 bucks to replace. But i have also seen CX100 video that beats GOPRO hands down but i don't now what here setup is. back to the original topic on advantage outside video has over hand cam is. Hand cam canot deliver photos with the same quality and the perspective of having nothing around the student but air and a tandem master. i have not seen any and setup on a hand cam the will even come close to a dslr mounted on helmet. also outside video misses the opening reaction and the canopy flight and having edited hand cam for 2 seasons now there is alot of fun that outside video is not recording for the students.

the frame by frame of this video it quite spectacular. but you have to download it and view it in Vegas or other nle

what happened to to this gopro visor mount? http://www.youtube.com/user/VASSTTraining?feature=watch#p/u/18/Awxn89z6WtQ The gopro visor mount starts at 2:10

I edit for a small cesna drop zone. I have worked with both hand cam and outside video i really cant say that one is better than the other. Outside video adds the problem of only half the tandems being able to get video with hand cam every one can get video so it just makes scense to do handcam video. I am hoping to edit some hybird jumps with both outside video and handcam. it will take more time to edit but for me but it will be a cool video for the student and may be a free jump or better for the out side camera guy. Some handcam dropzones that i like are skydive airlie beach http://www.youtube.com/user/skydiveairliebeach and skydive surfcity the older videos in the archives with chester and the kid http://www.youtube.com/user/SurfcitySkydiving/videos The handcam vs outside video debate is a lively one so hang on to your toilet seat.

we are currently using a waycool .25 lens but i was wonder ing if there was a better brand or lens out there for handcam? i am really happy with the way cool products they are really rugged hand cam set up. We have a lens ( not a waycool lens did not have a lense filter on it) has a massive scratch in it and it to replace it with a new waycool lens will cost about $300 with lens filter plus shipping and taxes. what size card ? we have 16gb cards the are probably bigger that they need to be we have never run out of memory. 8gb card would be more than suitable.

just curious what is the best lens or tha cx-100 for a hand cam setup?

new red bull video release http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB1PTOp1aKk another redbull video realease http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39a7oXKK-Pk&list=UUblfuW_4rakIf2h6aqANefA&index=1&feature=plpp_video Olav Zipser announces he is attempting to make a space jump http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39a7oXKK-Pk&list=UUblfuW_4rakIf2h6aqANefA&index=1&feature=plpp_video

Redbull Stratos is back on line they just released new videos about the project. they can be found on YouTube and the Redbull Stratos site. there a few different versions of the same video out with small changes. no jump date given but my guess is it will be some time in august if it goes through. that would give them 6months to promote and recertifty alll the systems before the jump. I am also curious how close Olav Zipser is to doing his space jump. Anyone know?

I'm just a vidiot but, there was this stagette party that jumped. I was explaining the emotions one feels after having jumped and as politely as I possibly could. I mentioned that some women experience orgasm on opening. everyone in the stagette party mother daughter cousins sisters and friends raised their hands. With out me asking to get a show of hands. The hand cam video the ti's shoot sometimes shows very enthusiastic female passengers.

Their was a student who did a static line jump who passed out under canopy and and didn't respond to the radio for obvious reasons. After tracking her down in the bush she mentioned she had a tendency to faint in stressful situations.

Hanging out at the dropzone with nothing to do scooping tandems and IAD jumpers is one of my preferred things to do. When i get a fainter i usually get them to sit or lay down if they are not already. Remove or loosen harness and just sit with them for a few minutes until their ready to walk back to dz. I plan to carry some sugar candy with me to boost their insulin levels and bring them to a bit faster if they are Conscious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejFFy189xBM&feature=player_embedded south african report on incident. interview with jobi ogwin

it would be good find a head cleaner for your vhs to make sure your getting the best image quality as possible