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what's this mod about ? (just curious, the only mod I did on mine was legthening the lower break lines of 3"=> better stability on front riser inputs: it's just great now)
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way better if you want to ear your audible
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check this out for the official specs: http://www.usa.canon.com/eflenses/lineup/wideangle/index.html http://www.usa.canon.com/eflenses/lineup/standard/index.html 28mm f/1.8 is usefull only for the darker situation or if you want to play with the depth of focus (isolate the subject from the background: good for flowers closeup's but useless for skidiving ). the quality of a 28mm f/2.8 vs 28mm f/1.8 will be identical if not better at f/5.6 or f/8, which is what you will the most comonly use for skydiving. If you want to go for a zoom, consider a 24-85: the 24-28mm range is good for us. 24mm f/2.8 could be a good option to consider as well : great quality up there but you won't use it that much on the ground... hope this helps...
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Have some of you flown and compared safire and safire 2 at 1.4:1 or so ? What do you think? Which one has the longer recovery arc ? I'm fine with the original safire's flare, once you dial it in it's a great canopy (I get some nice swoops out mine at 1,35:1) and I wonder if the safire 2 is more 'newbie' designed, ie: easier flare and shorter recovery arc. just curious... Alain
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I am curious about the difference between
alain replied to Michele's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
That depends on the canopy & wingloading. Hook so one what type of canopy or wing loading range a carve approach would be more efficient ? just curious... -
maybe using a fake traning alti like this would help on time/altitude awareness, fur the students at least. http://www.dropzone.com/gear/Detailed/280.html alain
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yep, did that: when I realised in freefall, I just turned it on, no worries alain
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there are some people who jumps only with aad , but with two of them in case if one fails. not a good idea for a beginer any way, watching a wrist mounted alti puts you in some kinda unstable position, specialy when free flying and you have to learn flying that way too. plus, as a beginner you need the accuracy of the needle alti once your canopy is opened. That said, I have no idea of what's the regulation like regarding this issue in your country... alain
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??? first time I ear something like that, do you mean dytter or pro-dytter ?
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are you going to downsize or just planning to stay at that wing loading ? alain
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you can't go wrong with a cheap timeout (test it before you buy it though) if you're going to get some new stuff, go for the prodytter, I mean, do you really need the jump record thing ? (on top of that, the protrack looks to be more battery hungry ?) if you get the timeout then latter buy a new prodytter, you will have spent less than for a new protrack: you loose the gadgets but you win a bullet prroof altitude awareness help... that's what i would go for personaly, for what it's worth alain
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learn up there to fly the canopy at it's slowest speed, how deep in breaks it can fly might surprise you. Is it a Safire 1 or 2 ? the size issue applies only to the safire 1. I could not advise anything about the safire2: never flown it Alain
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hum, what about re-sale value ? I know quite a few people who are jumping second hand canopies with way more than a 1000 jumps those are not value less Alain
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I would not recommend anything else than 2330 because size AND voltage matter. 23 means 23mm diameter 30 means 3V alain
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sorry to intrude, just though some might be interested in this one : http://free.fly.free.fr/vdo/Karlskraaura.wmv don't ask me where it is... alain
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thanks folks ! Alain
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ooops, 'forgot something....
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just curious: I've sen a lot of German and Austrian jumpers flying this canopy, but can't find what it is... Alain
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cool post (again, thanks) little question: is chromatic blur more sensitive on long focal lenses (ie 200mm vs 20mm) ? Alain
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>but when you are changing your battery every-other-jump... then you may need a new battery ? just a question, I'm not prentending to teach you anytrhing on that topic do NP-FM 50 last longer than NP-FM 30 ? I mean is it able to make more jumps in it's life time ? Alain
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interesting pics Deuce ! the diamond .5 seam to have less barel distortion than your kenko. no black corners on the diamond .5 pics. Alain
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>Damn, when's the Diamond 0.5 with the 30mm threads coming...?? Now: I have one on the way Alain
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http://www.dvinfo.net/articles/optics/lensdefects.php this site answers many of the questions regularly asked on this forum... Alain
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mark> Duracells work; Energizers don't good point !!! last time I used mine it was running on enrgizers: sometimes it would not turn on, some times switch off without warning then I bought a needle alti... i'm gona try the digitude with the right batteries and check it out! (the digitude is good for night jumps, when it works) AL1
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sorry, I wont actually answer your question, but did you consider the Sigma 24mm 1:2.8 ? I own one for years and I'm really happy with it (the price is good too). I'm not sure one needs 1:1.8 for skydiving : we usually have enough light up there to use 4 to 8 setting , so... Plus, hi aperture wide angle lenses are usually pretty heavy and more prone to distortion than the 2.8. Alain ps: I'm not a freefall photographer just photographer for over a decade.