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  1. dragon2
    Not included, you need to buy one. Tip if you can't find any: a manfrotto/bogen quickrelease topplate isn't very expensive and they include a suitable screw (although you need a coin or something to turn a screw like that). ciel bleu, Saskia
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    I don't see how, as I'll mount this box on top so the quickrelease is underneath. For sidemount it'd work fine. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    Got mine last weekend. Looks pretty good. Will put it on my helmet later this week. Don't know about ordering time, I ordered mine when the box was still in the design phase. It'll fit the 50, 60 and 70 batteries, not the big 100 one, something I appreciate as it would've made the box very big for this little camera. Left side door that'll allow the screen to open so you can see what you're filming. Not sure I'll use this as I drop the camera in without securing it further and opening the door might allow the camera to fall out... It closes with a single velcro strap, I'll sew the strap myself don't want it to work itself loose. No small screw like on the HC series box (never use that one anyway). Comes with plenty of padding foam, you won't need much for this box. Comes with 4 flat screws to bolt it to a quickrelease or your helmet plus a manual (in mostly readable English ) My box came in a nice custom shade of purple
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    First question, what camera are you planning on using? Or what type, tape or memorystick. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    It is, you can also use it as a digital alti later on if you want (you'd have to buy another beeper then though). The Neptune has everything in one unit, L&B don't have anything comparable to it. I'd personally stay away from the Parasport Italia ones - have seen to many problems with their digital products and their customer service doesn't come close to L&B and Alti2's. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    What quality are you importing the miniDV video as and what quality are you exporting to? If you let it, WMM will pick quality settings for you which you do not want it to do. Import as AVI high quality files not compressed WMV files or whatever it's trying to do. Try editing/burning with AVI files as your source, should produce better DVDs. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    HD or AVCHD? I'm fast with tandemvids but I can't really keep up with linear editors; I need up to twice the time they need. That's with tape and recording in HD, editing in SD, and with a quadcore or i7 PC. If I use my laptop I'm a little bit slower even though I have a pretty good laptop. My laptop specs: Core2duo P8500 (2.27 MHz) 4 GB RAM Nvidia Geforce 9400M GT 2x 320 GB HD 18" HD screen firewire DVD burner external eSata HD for editing Vista HP 64bit (!) Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Not a small laptop and a fairly expensive one but it works. My i7 pc is cheaper and is faster though
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    It is NOT the way to go, this advice is plain dangerous and should be disregarded!!! ciel bleu, Saskia
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    They're all good, depends on how much you want to pay for one, and how much functions you want/need. For instance do you need a logbook, need it to be able to double as a visual alti, need for your beeper to be real simple, need beeps under canopy, stuff like that. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    Didn't alti2 have a picture of an alti with 3 pictures of nice girls/angels and one with a girl/devil? Loved that one
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    Of course, and it's a great camera, however not one I'd recommend for a beginner camera flyer as it is still quite heavy to jump with. One of the smaller EOS series (400D etc) is recommended (for your neck and back). ciel bleu, Saskia
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    An AAD does have an altimeter built-in, it's how it "knows" when to open the reserve parachute, however it is not an altimeter you can look at while jumping so you'll still need a separate visual altimeter when you're jumping. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    Had one tandempassenger once that had no arch and was scrunched up a bit, legs everywhere and potatochipping a bit, not pretty so I went up for wider view. She followed me with her head while I went up and back, voila, good arch! Which she kept when I went back down
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    I can edit CX105 SD and HDV files with premiere pro cs4, adobe premiere elements 7 and vegas pro 8, don't know why you can't? ciel bleu, Saskia
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    In The Netherlands we use feet, but the gliders use metric. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    That's good, you'll have to learn about the camera anyway and practicing on the ground is priceless - when you drive the van, take landing shots for the website, people love those. You'll want another lens for jumping than for ground stuff though. Like mentioned before, the body isn't that important, as long as it's a Canon or a Nikon, and there are a few models to stay away from (Canon 300D, Nikon D40, D40x, D60). If you're buying new, either a Canon 450D, 500D, 1000D or Nikon D80 or D90 will be very good for jumping. I'm presuming you're wanting a beginner body and not a heavier and more expensive pro-type one here. @ Teuge we have 50-50% Nikon/Canon I think, the cheaper Canons are a bit easier to setup remote-wise and are a bit lighter so you may want to go for that. If you want to borrow long lenses for ground shots however, get a Nikon ciel bleu, Saskia
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    Don't have an entire tandemvid online, just a bit in last weekend's video: click the lady with the red suit @ 1/4 into the vid (never mind the other tandem jump in that vid, that passenger was a licensed jumper). And some pics click ciel bleu, Saskia
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    I jump big wings always plus a weight belt for heavier TM/passenger combos. Love my brand new Tony c-wing suit: this weekend the first jump was with a fast-falling TM + fairly heavy passenger, 2nd was with a lightweight TM + 8yr old or so kid. Got good video on both jumps (the first with lead) without having to strain very much
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    Mads, you got quite a few good camera flyers @ Teuge to ask advice from First bit is, do 50-100 video jumps before even thinking about adding stills. After that, ask around for which models are then good choices ciel bleu, Saskia
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    Don't know about the sabre2 specifically, but so far on every canopy I've had I needed to lengthen the steering lines, except on safires. Even a lot of (new) HP canopies are set up too short And then people complain about the safire having not so much flare, when it does, you just need to flare all the way Seems most people are used to the shorter lines, even seen a few swoop competitors with the topskin making funny waves and the canopy braking a bit while in fronts ciel bleu, Saskia
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    Ask your rigger to make you some? ciel bleu, Saskia
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    Weight, wind resistance, place to put audibles, sometimes a place to put cameras, probably more. Definately NOT the testing, certification, crash resistance a motorcycle helmet has got. Some helmets used in other sports are more or less suitable, but a good skiing helmet costs the same as a skydiving helmet, although various kinds of pro-tec like helmets can be used for a lot of sports and are cheap(ish). Best stick to a helmet in your local skydiving shop or from one of the online skydiving dealers, although you are better off trying the specific model and size before buying anything. Various skydiving helmets have a more or less discipline specific function, for relative work you'd prefer a fullface, for freeflying and wingsuiting most people use open-face helmets, for canopy relative work you need an open faced helmet. You probably wouldn't be allowed to jump a fullface anyway for quite a while, certainly not on student jumps. ciel bleu, Saskia
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    A while back one of our local upjumpers posted on our national forum that he was tired of swooping, so he was going to upsize to a sabre 150. He got plenty of responses of people taking him very seriously, asking why and trying to dissuade him or try talking him into a bit smaller canopy. Moral of this story: don't stay logged-in at the pc at the DZ ciel bleu, Saskia
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    I have the CX105 yes. It's so damn small, I was going to sell my helmet with sidemount for PC106/107/109 but the CX105 fits in it
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    Can't see why any skydiver would buy a TG-series camera now that the CX100/105 is out... ciel bleu, Saskia