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Who gives a fuck? Are you really going to backseat critique these guys? Even if that isn't standard it's not unsafe. Instructors need to modify and improvise all the time in the real world. Also different dz's still have some slight personalization of aff routines. Or they may have done it for the pic. And you went snitching to a regional director about it?? I'm sure the regional director is like " so fucking what?" But still. Good grief. This is one of the pettiest dumbest post I've ever seen on here from a supposedly experienced skydiver. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

you would have learned without it as well. For me, all the extra instructional value of the camera, for every student I take from now to the end of the world is not worth one single entanglement or snag that could kill me or the student. Call me selfish but I couldnt care less if it takes you an extra jump to figure out your leg position. I have nothing to gain by wearing a camera and everything to lose. That being said, once off the harness hold jumps I think the risk is greatly diminished, but for cat A's and such........forget that nonsense...you have no idea what you are getting into. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

exactly DJL. the narrower crop will leave you missing most of the key parts of the jump that need correction. Also the angle from the chest mount can still be hard to critique small imperfections in the body position of the student. Not to mention there is still distortion at 127 degrees. Fin....you are being a fool. I didnt say ban chest mount altimeters, but I simply dont recommend them for early level AFF's. I dont care how slim the chance is....Its one that is not necessary to take. Same as wearing the camera. Wearing a camera does not help me on a jump at all. It may benefit the student some but they can learn without it. If the risk is an increase in potential complication/risk of death then the math is simple. The risk just does not equal the reward. You can ignore and be a smart ass about people sharing potential hazards all you want. AFF can be a close contact sport and I was simply raising awareness of potential hazards from any non-streamlined equipment. During a harness hold AFF jump all this equipment takes on a new "risk" factor and its usefulness should be highly weighed against its potential risk. The bodies dont have to "pile up" for it to be something that needs to be considered. If bodies piling up is your barometer for risk mitigation then you are living in a fantasy world of your own mortality. Nothing in this sport really has bodies piling up but putting a camera or altimeter through a students reserve handle is one link in an accident chain that I plan to remove from the equation. For me I think learning from others mistakes and realizing that it can happen to you is crucial in putting the odds of survival in my favor. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

It took you less than 100 jumps to learn what?....how to act like a know it all and give crappy advice about getting good instructional video from an inside mounted camera on aff? DSE is right...you don't know what you don't know..... Also if what you took from my post was a learning lesson about cropping the sensor on the GoPro then you missed the point. Its about risk mitigation and the risk of that ill placed camera is not worth the very limited view you will get. On any crop mode. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

putting anything on your mudflap or chest strap is a bad idea. I left reserve side once with a student that didnt give a count. They ended up against my chest and the chest mount altimeter got snagged under the MLW. Could have just as easily been a reserve handle. Just instruct and don't worry about some terrible go pro perspective that is so skewed from the wide angle that it is not even accurate depiction of body position. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

I shoot a GX7 with a 8mm fisheye and have no problems or complaints in any area. All you need is a cheap remote release extension cord. It will plug directly into your camera on one end and into your standard tongue switch on the other. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

panasonic GX-7 and its awesome. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

well i guess he finally hit the jackpot. This should be the cherry on top of his youtube vendetta sundae i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

hard to stand up a tandem when you just piled through a AFF canopy on final......just sayin. Trying a stand up landing is no defense for blindly turning a canopy with complete disregard for yours or any one elses life. I know this was a mistake but you just cant afford to make them if you are doing this kind of "pattern". The TI was either complacent or an unaware jackass. Every TI in the world knows what got out of the plane before him and after him and Every TI in the world should be looking for those AFF and low time jumper canopies during descent. Diablo pilot is 100% right. The simple fact is that the TI did not do his job of locating canopies and mapping a safe pattern/building separation. No excuse for a tandem not to see every canopy below him. He is a tandem instructor!!!! He should be the most aware and conservative person in the sky. There is no good excuse for this to happen. That is an ignorant and trusting human that you have strapped to the front of you! Start flying like you give a shit about that persons life instead of your priority being trying to keep dirt off your jumpsuit. If you are bored with tandems and just want to go to sleep under canopy till its time to toggle whip that school bus at the ground then you should quit tandems and get a new job. Perhaps holding the ladder is more of your skill set. The TI here should have known that student or low time jumper was on the plane and should have immediately located him under canopy and flew accordingly. -Student was low canopy. -The TI is the one that initiated the maneuver that caused the collision. -The TI is an instructor that is responsible for using good judgement and being aware. Those are the undisputable facts. The TI is 100% at fault. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

Here is something to think about.....if your GoPro is getting knocked off or that is really a concern then you are wearing it on a jump that you shouldnt have a camera on in the first place. that being said accidents can happen on any camera jump so dont take it if you cant afford to break it. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

just a heads up. I borrowed a rig to back up a load that had a chest mount alt. I was outside on exit. Count was horrible but exit was stable. Bad part is the alt. got snagged under the students rig. I had to carefully unwedge it off the hill. Thankfully it wasnt through a handle. I would discourage wearing any cameras or chest mount alt. on something as unpredictable as a AFF jump. No need to risk yourself or a student any more than their own ignorance and your own false confidence is already doing. just food for thought. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

not to stir the pot but if you are shooting stills with a go pro then why not just shoot video with one as well. super light weight, same batteries, chargers, and cards so everything is interchangeable. No long term neck issues(well not from camera weight anyway). And yes tonfly makes a rad helmet. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

good move. shooting wildlife you will want some TC's in your bag. I almost always have my 1.4 mounted. Just a l little info. the 80-400 is the same dimensions as the 70-200. Its a slower lens (4.5-5.6) but with the ISO performance on your new nikon Its not a huge issue ( most of time) i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

Might look at renting the new 80-400 for your trip if its available then. Or you could buy a 1.4x TC for the 70-200. I shoot that combo alot on a D800. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

I have been seeing this issue alot this year, its happened multiple time to me and always on the same exact canopy and normaly on the same side every time. I saw one instructor land this with a nice head wind and it was not bad. I have cut it away once and fixed it the other times. The last time I had the student hold down on the ggod toggle while I pulled the rear riser to take pressure off the brake line, then i was able to work it over the grommet with both hands. I think this is going to be an issue all over and perhaps something UPT needs to look at. I can only assume it is related to change of line types on the sigma canopies. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

Depends on the terrain. I have pinged it from two miles but I don't normally get a chance to use it that far. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

hey robert. the transmitter I use is the same that we used in our telemetry darts for wildlife. The transmitter itsself cost about 200 dollars. easily attached to riser in a elastic pocket. The receiver will cost several hundred to a thousand. depending on how nice you want it. Get a few buddies to split the receiver and its totally worth it if you are jumping expensive canopy. I used it on my new velo two jumps after installing it. htere is no complicated rigging because it doesnt automatically activate. I pop the battery in and jump all day. I get about a month out the little watch battery it takes. If I am long time between jumps I try to take it out to conserve battery life. I can access the transmitter pocket while the rig is packed by removing my riser cover, so quick battery installation is very easy. the transmitter is sold by pneu-dart. (google them). I would have used a falconry system but I like the shape of the pnue-dart transmitter better and there is no long antenna like the falconry transmitters have. I will throw a picture up when i get a chance i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

The difference isn't in the brand. The d7000 and the t1i aren't even comparable cameras. Even if they were both the same brand they are nothing alike. A modern competitor of the d7000 would be a better comparison (a 60d perhaps)? I admit im not savy on current canon models. Also keep in mind that none of the canon lenses you mentioned are f2.8. The tokina 11-16 however is a f2.8. So I don't believe it's a brand difference. I believe it's a camera/lens technology/specification difference. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

There will be differences between the two lens. So not a totally fair comparison i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

What lens is on the canon? i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

notice how much worse it is in your pictures where you are shooting into the sun. TOO much light! i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

listen to laz, You are shooting the wrong setting for those conditions. Why do you want to shoot 1/640? You are in bright conditions even shooting into the sun at times with a shutter speed that will not allow the aperture to be in an optimal range. Increase your shutter! and try to get your aperture more in the 6.3-8 range. I just shot my D300s at the sky on a shutter of 640 and the aperture was off the chart! A cloud blocked the sun and it shot F20. That will surely be a less than optimal photo. This is why sports mode or any automatic mode is going to give you much highrer shutter speeds. this is the cameras way of telling you that you are being ignorant. It changes for the ground shots because now you are not shooting directly into sun lit clouds and sky. Now you have some of the ground for the metering to take into account and the aperture will open to a smaller numerical. this puts you in a more optimal exposure situation. I will attach the two test shots here. one at 1/640 f20 and one at 1/5000 f/6.3 both with an ISO of 200. Both of these shots are cropped from the same part of the sensor. You will notice the smae dots in my f20 as you are getting. None in f6.3 i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

thank you Mr. Cline. I appreciate your realisitic assessment. You are exactly correct. And just so everybody knows I went to the IE course as part of a vacation. At this time I just wish to further my education and learn from a different perspective. Of course I dont expect any the jeff fincher fan club to understand or accept an idea such as continuing education. Not sure why the moderators allow you guys to post about my career, especially outside of skydiving, but apparently they do not care about the rules of the forum when it comes to this. You guys should have been banned already. I will not even waste my time responding to the rest of the infant jibberish that followed matts post. It will not matter what I say. As I already stated, the childishness of your efforts and thoughts are uncomparable to the actions of properly functioning adults. Your obsession with me is quite frankly SCARY and is a wierd way to spend your free time. It baffles me to think about how I became the target of your crazy? You guys have really made some wild assumptions about me to get to this point. Also I will take it as a compliment that the only thing you could find in the last few years is a picture of a slighty scraped smiling student and instructor from an unfortunate landing situation. Hardly considered a noteable accident. I remember that day well...she was such a good sport and had so much fun that I took her on another tandem that same day at my own cost to give her a "good" landing. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

wow! you really hate me. LOL. Have i ever met you?....I dont think so. I have never been disciplined by the USPA....despite your many attempts to have it done. which is wierd and creepy seeing as how I dont know you. You surely have never seen me instruct, aside from some random bits of youtube videos that you apparently masterbate to. Where do you get the notion that I care nothing about students, BSR's and FAR's? I mean I have been on the fringe of them at times but I believe we all have at some point. Why would I not care about students? I am attached to them and I care about myself so therefor I care for them by proxy. Your statements are only founded in your wierd hatred and obsession over me based only on the fact that I instruct at a "skyride" DZ. (which by the way is simply an economic decision). I mind my own business and do my thing....Your childish attempts to bash me and continuous efforts to turn this thread about me(which was your original pyshco intent) is laughable and pathetic. As you see no one here is listening to you nor do they care to fuel, nuture, or join your banwagon of mental disorder. Arent you retired military or something? Is this really how you want to act? I expect this from a 16yr old but seriously.....for an adult its just sad. I would be more than glad to meet with you and discuss instructor ethics and techniques. That is the way grown ups do things. Until you have spent enough time around me personally to establish an intelligent assessment of my intstructor abilities you should refrain from your fairytales of my "danger" or "disrespect" for rules. P.S. I have never hurt a student in over 3000 tandems. I am the first to sit out in high winds. So your claim I am continuously dangerous is obviously in your demented imagination. I do not intend to get into a pissing match here because frankly it is a waste of my valuable time and nothing is to be achieved by it. If you would lide to meet and discuss these things then PM me. If not then dont be hateful while acting like a coward behind a keyboard with a anonymous profile. Thank you and God bless i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down

i would rather shoot video with the gopro and keep a good DSLR. I guess its just which one you think is better. Personally most of the time in most conditions, the video from the GoPro is hardly distinguishable from the CX. The audio sux, but that can be helped by exposing the mic on the GoPro. (shoot the interview out of the housing.) And the low light blows. HOw often do you manipulate the lens or the manual settings on the CX to get better video??? My guess is hardly any at all. But a DSLR offers you those options and they make a BIG difference. I wouldnt want to lose those abilities. So i would rather let the GoPro shoot video while I rock out the badass stills. Also people are more likely to need high quality stills for printing and such. The video is just going on youtube or facebook or something. And with exception of low light the GOPro shoots very acceptable quality video. i'll huff and I'll puff and I'll burn your packing tent down