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Those are nice shots man God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

What are you paying across the pond these days? God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

I wish gas was that cheap. Here in Alberta (you know, where a lot of the dino juice is produced) we're paying 1.25 per litre, which is about 4.70 a gallon. But now I'm sure someone from Europe will chime in, I think they pay more than both of us. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

you sly bastard! God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Thanks Dave, it worked perfectly! God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Hey everyone, I'm trying to create an action to put my signature at the bottom corner of my photos in photoshop so I can do them in batches. I've learned how to create an action, and how to do it with text already. I've also imported the signature, made the right parts of it transparent, and figured out how to get it on the picture, but I can't seem to get it to work within an action. The method I use to place the signature on the picture manually is as follows: 1) Open both the picture I'm wanting to mark and the image file for the signature. 2) Resize both image windows so I can see them both. 3) When the signature image is selected, drag it from it's image list onto the canvas of the picture. 4) Go back to the picture and move it to the bottom corner. This doesn't want to work as an action because it relies on another image being open. Even if I have the signature image open in the background, it just imports a blank rectangle in the size and shape of the signature file onto the picture. Can I make the signature image some sort of permanent image within photoshop so it doesn't have trouble knowning what it's suposed to import? Thanks folks! Edited to add: A sample of the final result for a reference. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

They're not much, but they're from my first ~60 jumps with a still camera, and I like 'em! God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

When we were in Perris this winter, we encountered a situation that sure highlighted this. We were in the Skyvan, at about 5k when the pilot suddenly seemed to be concerned with one of his guages. (I was sitting 3-4 slots back from the pilot.) I kind of thought something was up, so I did up my helmet and waited... About 20-30 sec later, the pilot turned and talked to a guy sitting right behind him and talked for 20-30 sec. The pilot then turned to the rest of us and made a very distinct "finger cutting the throat" motion. By this time, everyone had noticed what was going on, and was very antsy, as nobody but the guy who had talked to the pilot had heard a word at this point. After about a minute, the pilot motioned for the guy sitting behind him to come and talk again. After this, the jumper stood up, pointed at the door and yelled "EVERYBODY OUT!!!" The door was opened, and everybody started bailing. My wife and I were about 2 steps from the door when I heard "STOP!" There were still about 6-7 people in the plane. I turned around to see the pilot looking back. The guy who had orriginally been talking to him went for another chat and when it was finished, he informed us that ne needed to get out, but he was going to give us a better spot. When we were over the DZ, we got a green light and left. We all had uneventful skydives. All the folks who left in the first group were safe, but all landed off, a couple of my friends even landed behind a shopping mall and got a ride back to the DZ from a cop! What had happened was the pilot had lost oil pressure in one engine. The engine was still running fine, but he was still concerned enough to want us out. He did however feel that it was safe enough to take us back over the DZ first. There was a miscomunication between the pilot and the guy he was talking to, which resulted in the 16 people leaving early. The lessons are: 1) To make an effort to hear instructions from the pilot if possible. This was not really possible due to the size and volume level of the aircraft. 2) If your aircraft has exit lights, watch them! Even in an emergency, the pilot should have the presence of mind to switch them on to confirm that you are to exit. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Perhaps it's a more common scene than I thought! Thanks folks! God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

right..., haha, there's one in every crowd... God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

My co-workers and I were recalling a scene in a movie last night where one charachter beat another one senseless with a telephone. The only problem is, we can't remember what movie it was in! Does this sound familiar to anyone? We had a feeling it might have included Joe Pesci, but we're not sure. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

I'm not familiar with the HC-5, but I imagine the focusing part works just like on any other camera. With a single element lens like the cookie, you need to put the camera into auto focus, and let it adjust until what's in frame is in focus. You can also go to manual focus and adjust it manually to this point. Once it's focused, make it stay at that focus by taking it off of auto. I'm not sure if the HC-5 has a focusing ring or not, but if it does, tape it down to make sure it stays there. Hope that helps. PS: They probably do a better job of explaining it here: http://www.royallens.com/instructions.php It's the Royal Lens website, but the two lenses use the same optics. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

I know PD ships their demo canopies on Infinity risers from VSE, and that I've seen them used a fair bit, although I have no experience with them... God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Missed the 6 hour self edit option, to I guess I'll reply to my own thread to post pictures! They're not much, but they're the best I've got. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

One of my customers had her gear stolen from the trunk of her car sometime in the past week. Gear is as follows: - RWS Vector 2, SN: 25510, DOM: 04/92, black with pink binding tape - Precision MicroRaven 150, SN: 218618, DOM: 05/92, red in colour - Airtec Cypres 1, SN: 5060E1615FCB2250, DOM: 01/97 - PISA Conquest 150, Unknown SN/DOM, purple pink and orange in colour. There was also a black pink and white Bev RW suit, a pair of black and pink freefly pants, and a robnyk saphire altimiter in the gear bag (which was black and pink I believe) As I mentioned above, the gear was stolen from a car trunk in Edmonton, AB, Canada. If anyone sees the gear, or notices it for sale, please contact me immedietly. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

It somewhat depends on what type of lines you have. Your profile says you jump a pilot, which would more than likely have Spectra lines. The biggest problem with Spectra is that over time, the heat generated by friction shrinks the lines, eventually getting to the point where the canopy doesn't fly nearly the same as it did when it was new. It can lead to wonky openings, and signifigantly decreased performance. The only way to check for line shrinkage is to measure the line trim. I'm not as familiar with Aerodyne, but I believe PD has a good article on how to measure line trim on their website, and you can probably get line trim specs from Aerodyne. You can also just have your rigger do this. As far as a visual inspection, check for fraying, excessive dirt, broken stitches, etc... If you have aramid lines such as HMA or vectran, which don't have shrinking problems like Spectra does, wear is the main thing to check for. If the lines show just about any amount of "fuzzing," it's probably time for new lines. As for jump numbers, it seems everyone has their own opinion, but I think about 500-600 jumps on Spectra lines, or 400-500 jumps on Aramid lines is about average. Hope this answers your question. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

If you haven't changed anything, I'm not sure, but I would guess is has to be something internal. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Are you positive it's the lens? I had a similar problem that turned out to be that the backlight was on. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

I don't have the literature here with me, but I believe the manual says that one of the reasons the method used to tack the skyhook line to the freebag bridle was changed (on version 2 of the skyhook) was to increase the likelihood of them staying together. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Yeah, I believe someone further up in the thread said to take the settings from the exit shots and plug them in to full manual. Maybe I'll try that next weekend. Thanks for all your help guys. God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Ah ha! Now I just have to wait until the weekend to try it in the air! God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Well, I took a look at the camera and found that it was set to -0.5 without me knowing. That would darken them up some, no? God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

Hmmmm, I think I see what you're saying. But if I set it to +1.0, won't it make the f Stop # one bigger number, meaning that the aperature would be smaller, resulting in a darker picture? Or does that mean that it makes it one size bigger aperature which happens to be a smaller number? God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

When said inside the plane, I meant looking outside at the exit, so it was probably getting lots of light, I don't have the pictures here, so I can't tell you what aperature it used, but the TV was 1/500th. The ISO was 200. What do you mean by set the exposure from the air? I don't know much about the compensation stuff that Phil was talking about, but it sounds like he's on the right track, because the snow did look grey. Is this the +0.7 / +1.0 that dragon spoke of? When I'm in shutter priority, does it set the compensation, or does it stay @ 0 unless you tell it otherwise? God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

I've been using an SLR for a while now, but I'm not as proficient with it as I know some people on here are, so forgive me if this is an overly simple question. I've done about 80-100 still camera jumps so far, all of which were while I was on vacation in Perris, so I didn't have to worry about the snow! Until now, I'd shot using Aperature priority and setting an aperature around 8-9.5 so I could control the DOF more as I was using MF. I'd noticed that I was getting a little blur around the edges in lower light because the camera was compensating for the small aperature with a slow shutter speed, so I'd decided to try shooting shutter priority to control that. So, on to the question at hand... I was shooting a 4-way yesterday over snow covered ground, and pretty much all the pictures came out quite dark. I wish I'd have had the presence of mind to not just think "Ahh shit, none of them turned out! and deleted them all, but I did so I can't show you all. The weather was a clear blue sky with lots of sun, and like I'd said before, the ground was covered in snow, so there was lots of glare. I did a few test exposures on the ground with the shutter speed at 1/500 and they all turned out well, with the camera setting the aperature around 9.5-11. I took some exit shots of a guy doing a H&P from inside the plane which turned out fine, and I took a few of the team climbing out which also turned out extremely well, as did the exit shots. They were nice and sharp, lots of colour and brightness, etc... But every single picture I took of the team from above, with the ground in the background, turned out quite dark, to the point of them not being 'keepable.' Is it possible that the glare from the snow tricked the camera into using an incredible small aperature, but the light just wasn't there to actually expose the picture? It seems kind of unlikely to me, but it's all I could think of. I really wish I'd have kept the pictures so I could have attached them, or at least looked at the info on them to see what aperature was used. Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks in advance!! PS: Sorry for the long winded post. I was going to ask if anyone knew why the video came out all white too, but I'll save that for another day! God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.