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  1. dragon2
    Told ya didn't I?
  2. dragon2
    For wingsuit you want a docile/moderately docile canopy. Ie, one without much "wang". Nice wingsuit canopies include spectre/triathlon but also sabre 1&2/safire 1&2/pilot, so if you buy one of these (at a reasonable wingload) you're good to go for wingsuiting in that department. ciel bleu, Saskia
  3. dragon2
    Or an Argus. About which is better, there are loads of threads on here about people's opinions about that already, we sure don't need another one.... Try a search ciel bleu, Saskia
  4. dragon2
    1. so far haven't heard of any problems besides the oldfashioned "is my camera recording" I got a few times, no lanc is a pain for now 2. yes but only using the vcr quality composit, a shame IMO for such a camera, editing on a pc is much much higher quality but takes longer than tape based HDV (HC5 etc), at least for now 3. too big esp. with the hdv resolution lens you want to use on it (raynox hd3030/hd3031 is what most are using here) 4. should work fine, however if you are a freeflyer with 150 jumps no tandemmaster should let you anywhere near him/her for a loooooooong time 5. no clue ciel bleu, Saskia
  5. dragon2
    I´m thinking a pattern might work better in some cases, I know a canopy with alternating black and yellow cells that´s a signal pattern for sure. My own vengeance is magenta-yellow alternating, can´t get more visible than that, and that´s a good thing
  6. dragon2
    While that is true for Canon, it's not for Nikon The D3 sees wheher it's a DX or FF lens and will only use the 1.5 crop for DX lenses, so they are still usable
  7. dragon2
    The Canon kit lens is the only one remotely usable in freefall. Personally I think it is a pice of crap too although other here disagree I think you should use a fixed fast lens, like a canon 15mm f/2.8 it'll show in your pictures
  8. dragon2
    Hot tip: don't do this (at 0:18 into the video) This is the 8way base for the bigways (~30) we plan this year at our DZ, the same video guy as in this video got hit on his neck/head the last time they tried a 30way, broke his videocamera (HC1). They're starting smaller now ciel bleu, Saskia
  9. dragon2
    Manta 288/skymaster 280/skymaster 230 50 jumps, wl .45 on the 288 Merit 190 10 jumps Spectre 190 10 jumps Triathlon 175 5 jumps Spectre 150 wl 1 for a couple hundred jumps mixed with lightning 143 Spectre 135, Safire 135, Lightning 126 for most of my jumps Vengeance 135, vengeance 120, safire 119, springo 120 for the last couple hundred, wl 1.2-1.4 up to 1.6 with lead Jumped some other canopies in between, like stiletto135, triathlon 120/135/150, PD126R, sabre 135/120, diablo 120, safire2 119, pilot 124/104. ciel bleu, Saskia
  10. dragon2
    Look around the forums a bit, basically it's a Sony HC5 or Sony CX6/7 for a HDV topmount and a Nikon D80/D70S or one of the Canon digi rebels for stills. ciel bleu, Saskia
  11. dragon2
    Hmmyeah, but only a reeaaal small wingsuit (prodigy was it?) "Tristy?" Gotta remember that one ciel bleu, Saskia
  12. dragon2
    Weekends are usually bad these days But I thought you meant the wingsuit weekend/day/whatever... ciel bleu, Saskia
  13. dragon2
    Oh goodie
  14. dragon2
    Too bad we couldn't be there longer, would've liked being able to finish the rounds, but yeah, we had a good time and we await the next comp!
  15. dragon2
    Blade and S3S, haven't got too many jumps on the blade yet but so far I'm lovin' it ciel bleu, Saskia
  16. dragon2
    Hah hah I get the globe thing a lot even with my 16mm fisheye, "see, the earth is round!!" ciel bleu, Saskia
  17. dragon2
    Some un-un-fisheyfied shots with a nikkor 10.5mm here: http://www.paracentrumteuge.nl/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,489/page,view/catid,16/PageNo,1/key,16/hit,1/ http://www.paracentrumteuge.nl/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,489/page,view/catid,6/PageNo,2/key,111/hit,1/ http://www.paracentrumteuge.nl/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,489/page,view/catid,4/PageNo,1/key,28/hit,1/ http://www.paracentrumteuge.nl/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,489/page,view/catid,4/PageNo,1/key,24/hit,1/ http://www.paracentrumteuge.nl/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,489/page,view/catid,15/PageNo,1/key,17/hit,1/ http://www.paracentrumteuge.nl/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,489/page,view/catid,15/PageNo,1/key,15/hit,1/ http://www.paracentrumteuge.nl/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,489/page,view/catid,16/PageNo,1/key,2/hit,1/ Not sure I really like the effect for general shots, is real nice for specialty shots though. ciel bleu, Saskia
  18. dragon2
    We have rules about that, wingload max 1.1 for
  19. dragon2
    You only find the optical steady shot in some of the top-end models, the rest of the cameras have electrical steady shot which can be turned off so no problem with the cameras you mention. ciel bleu, Saskia
  20. dragon2
    Is your Dutch better than my English? ciel bleu, Saskia
  21. dragon2
    You should be able to sell a single element lens for more than a raynox would cost you, at least over here ciel bleu, Saskia
  22. dragon2
    Seen some nice knots in pilotchutes (!), usually ones with a hackey handle and in combination with a wingsuit or camera wings where the pilotchute was in the burble for a bit and had time to 'dance around'. ciel bleu, Saskia
  23. dragon2
    Why are you jumping autofocus? The single element lenses aren't great for that and you have to be careful the focus doesn't hunt, manual focus seems the way to go for camcorders. Also, why are you putting a low-res single element lens on a hdv camera? Seems a shame to lower its quality thay way. I jump the hc5 in manual focus and with a hdv lens, like the raynox hd3030 or raynox 5050 or similar. Mine usually has the hd3030 on it, love it for tandem/fs4/wingsuit/etc etc. I put mine on infinity every day, technically that's a bit too far away and I should use a closer setting but it's easy to see if I set it that day as the focus setting only stays put for 16 hours or so (can be wrong about the number). ciel bleu, Saskia
  24. dragon2
    It's common netetiquette to search before you post, and if you still want to post, to continue the older thread. But if you have a problem with common courtesy ciel bleu, Saskia
  25. dragon2
    Um, tried a search yet..? ciel bleu, Saskia