Staso

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  1. can you pack yourself and save at least on that ? you have 134 jumps, so packing should not be a problem for you and you can't afford being lazy :) stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  2. тут половина по-русски говорит :) edit: i guess it doesn't understand cyrillic much :) -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
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    pentax optio s4

    i think they share lens mechanism ... -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
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    pentax optio s4

    Nightingale, as i mentioned, i'm not looking for anything serious, so changing lenses is not a question for me. i don't even care about mega pixels, to be honest. i don't need 2400*1800-like resolutions, since majority of us don't use resolutions of our monitors higher then 1280*1240 and i don't plan on printing the pictures. something simple and small to have for every occasion. and i'm particularly interested to hear from people who owns this camera, or pentax optio s, which is predecessor of s4. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
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    pentax optio s4

    are you saying that they might be sold under canon brand name or that i should consider canon ? :) it's sold as pentax, i'm pretty sure about that. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
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    pentax optio s4

    hey, anyone here owns pentax optio s4 digital camera ? if you do, can you give me your opitions, likes and dislikes about the camera ? i'm not looking for anything serious, just a small camera with decent picture quality that i can carry with me all the times. this camera seems to fit this pretty well, it has impressive number of features and it's ridiculously small. here is a link to the camera specs: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Pentax/pentax_optios4.asp stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  7. i recenlty got my new crossfire2-139 (wl 1.5) and put about 10 jumps on it. absolutely loved the canopy. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  8. i know that crossbraced are not much elliptical. so which one would be the most elliptical ? crossfire2 ? something else ? stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  9. i agree with vonSanta ... i can watch it once, but that's about it. nothing special. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  10. and search on the page typing '/' and what you look for. many other things. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  11. second that. netscape 7.x. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  12. now that's impressive ! stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  13. i have my face towards the ground. stan -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  14. i look directly at the gorund for the whole dive. not many speed diver do that though. i don't think i told you i didn't look down. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  15. speed divers do make a lot of noise :) it sounds very close to the sound of the jet, but it's a little less consistent, it goes up and down and it's very loud when i go flat and when it's cold. i heard myself on video once and was surprised how loud i was. as for relying on pro-tracks, i have two of them in my helmet. pro-dytters, actually, i have a pro-track on my harness. so if one of them in the shadow, another one is not. i never missed my alititude. plus i get a bit anxios about 40 seconds mark and expect my altitude warning any second at that time. at that moment i'm at about 5500 ft and i also look directly at the ground. so it's hard for me to miss my break off altitude. lots of divers don't look down though and they have to rely on audible blindly. kinda scary going almost 300 mph down :) stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  16. i pulled at 6 on saturday to test-fly my new crossfire. it was about 0 at the altitude :) pretty freaking cold ... stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  17. if you happen to land in a plane - erase phantom jump. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  18. usually happens when you turn your head and protrack goes from the shadow to higher preassure or other way around. the last was you case. pro-track thinks it's not as low as it though it was and compaensate it by indicating slow speed. since there is no additional data to fake it, it will draw a very nice smooth line - good sign that it's fake. if i have my pro-track in my helmet during speed dives and i turn my head when i get out of the dive, i sometimes get speed down to 20-30 mph. i know people who saw positive speed in those cases and even negative deployment altitude. :) i got 84 seconds from regular altitude with slowest speed of 84 mph. nylon RW suit. pro-track on the lateral. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  19. saturday it was about 0 at 6 grand. since i just got my new crossfire and wanted to fly it, i opened at 6 (exit at 7) and flew around. pretty cold i must say :) stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  20. it is. that's why i like it ! :) -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  21. 291 on later mounted pro-track and 307 on the pro-track in my helmet. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  22. > Mach-1 was only reached by the numbers, not physically. i disagree. mach 1 is mach 1 anywhere. speed of sound will be different for different altitude, temperature, etc, but when you're at mach 1, you are breaking the sound barrier, you're at that speed physically. and as far as i know sound barrier wasn't broken by human body so far. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  23. i have d-rings for reserve and cutaway. i wish i had them for this cutaway. now i can use one hand per handle procedure without worrying about my hand slipping. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  24. after 2000 the way speed measured was changed. more accurate data can be found on speedskydiving.com also the speed is actually averaged over 1000 meters and over 2 pro-tracks, not maximum. stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum
  25. hey Denis, sorry to hear about the hold up with risers. hope you'll get'em soon and can try safire. crossfire i got is pretty nice. yellow with black ribs and icarus logo on the bottom skin. i'll post some pics as soon as i can. Stan. -- it's not about defying gravity; it's how hard you can abuse it. speed skydiving it is ... Speed Skydiving Forum