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  1. dragon2
    did ya read the links? ciel bleu, Saskia
  2. dragon2
    what's changed hands on pressrelease, specs ciel bleu, Saskia
  3. dragon2
    I have a battery grip on my D200, and i love it. The camera is better balanced and I love the extra button. A battery grip won't help you prevent a heavy lens damaging a plastic lens mount however. Why do people buy a tiny camera (D40x, 400D) and then add a grip because it is too small, why not buy one size bigger camera (D80, 40D) in the first place? Usually the price difference for these cameras isn't that great after adding the grip... Unless you need a small camera for other purposes, like skydiving, backpacking, i think it's kinda funny ciel bleu, Saskia
  4. dragon2
    We have competitions at our DZ twice a year, 2 beginners + 1 coach + video. I think the deal is the beginners pay 1 1/4 slot, coaches 1/4 and video none, DZ pays the rest. Nice easygoing competitions with most jumpers
  5. dragon2
    I think the size thing really depends on the size of your hands. The XTi fits my hands perfectly but it's way too small for my s/o's hands. I don't have big hands, but I still find the digi rebels, nikon d40x etc too small for comfort. I also tend to hang a lot of stuff on my camera, like a flash, sometimes more flash-es, macro bracket for flash, some fairly heavy lenses. If you try to hang a 80-400mm lens or 80-200 f/2.8 lens from a lightweight (plasticky) camera you may very well damage it... When I shoot handheld macro, balancing a 150mm f/2.8 from a D200 feels much better then from my D80 let alone a D40 Of course if all you ever use is the kit lens, no issues there. ciel bleu, Saskia
  6. dragon2
    If it has no damage you can probably get it certified to jump. It's old stuff, hope you didn't pay more than a few hundred bucks, it's not cypress-ready, no rsl, not freefly proof. Not an ideal rig but provided you weigh no more than 165 lbs and there is no damage, are ok to jump without AAD and RSL and are planning on doing belly jumps only, and if the rig fits you properly, it's an ok starter rig. ciel bleu, Saskia
  7. dragon2
    Are you planning on using the camera for jumping only, or are you planning on shooting a lot on the ground too? The rebels are great for skydiving since they are so small and lightweight (and cheap), but for on the ground I don't like them, too small for my taste. Also the extra features of the 40d will come in handy on the ground. The 40d is by far the better camera, more weatherproof and more durable, also nice for skydiving, but it's also heavier and more expensive, might be overkill for most people for skydiving use only but a ground photographer should love it. ciel bleu, Saskia
  8. dragon2
    But most of those involve trying to out fly the terrain. An otherwise perfectly stable flight without enough clearance. Just not enough glide angle to deploy safely. That's often the case with "regular" BASE incidents too no? ciel bleu, Saskia
  9. dragon2
    If you think wingsuits cannot be dangerous, take a look at the incident rate of BASE wingsuit jumps vs "regular" BASE jumps. ciel bleu, Saskia
  10. dragon2
    Can a dome slider be collapsible? Where can i get a dome slider for a sabre 120? ciel bleu, Saskia
  11. dragon2
    I don't want to simplify the way I take pictures, I want control over WHEN I take them. You need to be able as a cameraflyer to take the shots YOU want, like the money shot, if you have to rely on automatic shooting you're going to miss a lot of shots. Taking photos is an art, I suggest you treat it as such and you'll be a better camera flyer for it. At first, if you're shooting digital stills, you'll probably go bite-bite-bite-bite for most of the jump anyway so you'll end up with a regular 3 fps anyway LOL For some instances I can see automatic shooting work, like Billvon's and other's belly cams during World Team record skydives, but they are belly flyers in their slots, not outside camera flyers. Also for fun shots like a foot cam on a wingsuiter, then I can see your point, some of these shots wouldn't be possible otherwise. ciel bleu, Saskia
  12. dragon2
    You CAN use AF with the raynox lenses. BTW I think you'd be better off with the raynox .3 on the cx7, as it isn't very wide to start with a .5 may be (way) narrower than you might expect if you're used to jumping .45 lens on a trv/pc type camera now. ciel bleu, Saskia
  13. dragon2
    Right, of course looks are soooo important Of course stuffing a cork in it or ducktaping it solves the getting your finger stuck problem should you be so careless. I suggest you look up the pics of the hackey-induced malfunctions. They sure look real good ciel bleu, Saskia
  14. dragon2
    You definitely do not "need" a hackey or monkeyfist, in fact hackeys have caused some "interesting" malfunctions mainly when wingsuiting, there is nothing wrong with the old plastic handle ciel bleu, Saskia
  15. dragon2
    Exit weight is 105 kg? Then you get a WL of 1.35 which is very high for someone with 60 jumps regardless of which canopy. You are already OVER the "experienced" category of the sabre 170, which is the highest category there is besides "max". IMO you should be flying a 230-210 sqft canopy for wingload of 1.0 to 1.1 which is recommended for up to 100-200 jumps. ciel bleu, Saskia
  16. dragon2
    I liked Gap, heard good stuff about Lillo and Castellon too. ciel bleu, Saskia
  17. dragon2
    That, plus the fact that a converter on a still is usually used on a kit lens which isn't a good lens to start with. Result: ciel bleu, Saskia
  18. dragon2
    Because it's better imo to give no pics than crappy ones. ciel bleu, Saskia
  19. dragon2
    This is what I take offence to in your thoughts... Ditto. ciel bleu, Saskia
  20. dragon2
    Meh, half my photo club has the sigma 150mm macro lens (including me), no complaints so far ciel bleu, Saskia
  21. dragon2
    The human eye views about 45o, on a 35mm camera a 50mm lens comes closest, it used to be the standard lens for that reason. On (most) digi canons you'd need a 30mm lens to get about the same view. generally speaking: canon: 35mm * 1.6 = digi mm nikon: 35mm * 1.5 = digi mm ciel bleu, Saskia
  22. dragon2
    Ehm, buy a real lens? ciel bleu, Saskia
  23. dragon2
    ??? On a digi canon (digi rebels, 20D, 30D etc) a 15mm is a 24mm compared to 35mm, on a digi nikon (D70s, D80, D200 etc) it's 22.5mm. On no jumpable camera does it behave like 18mm. ciel bleu, Saskia
  24. dragon2
    The guy had bought the rig off of a truck driver, of course I told him not to jump it... Luckily the truck driver did take the rig back eventually and was apparently horrified at having sold a rig like that to a newbie, said he hadn't realised. Yeah right And the jumper got referred to the nice convenient gear-store-slash-rigger we have on our DZ ciel bleu, Saskia
  25. dragon2
    I met a guy who had bought a rig without asking anyone, heavy guy, 30 jumps, rig had a vengeance 107 ciel bleu, Saskia