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Odd that Paralog is missing; not only is it one of the oldest and best-known apps on the computer, it runs great on mobile too. And accepts finger-signatures.

for example, rendering a GoPro stream to a 24mbps output AVC would be counter productive in terms of both quality and time. higher bitrates don't mean better images, snd occasionally means lesser grade images due to the re-sample algorithm. Render to 16mbps for most mp4, and you'll be ridiculously happy, and it won't cause every frame to be resampled. I'd also use mp4 vs AVC if you're playing from computer and not BD.

Where are you delivering? That is the first/foremost question _always_ when choosing a project setting and output/render format.

What format are you rendering to that is taking so long to render? Or...are you adding a lot of FX/filters?

CS2 won't read the GP files.

I wanted to quote all this so that when it doesn't happen, you'll owe me a Dr. Pepper. Ummm....google my name and copyright. You'll see where me n' Disney/Buena Vista got into it (I won) and where me and Virgin got into it (I also won) Yep...been there, done that. And even got hysterical about it when I was younger. I don't know what Flores motivations were, and neither does anyone else except perhaps him and his mistress. What we do know is that he didn't act within the boundaries of what we believe his training to have taught him, and we only know that because he concealed a camera. The concealment of the camera itself is very suspicious, that's for certain. The other thing that's certain is that this legal issue won't be won nor lost on DZ.com, but the hysteria is likely helping Flores' legal cause.

OK, now I have an image of a bunny & a pancake in my head. So WTH is a "pancake"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_lens

Just bought two Sony NEX5's. Love em' so far. Have a pancake on order for it, but you would be happy with the stock lens, I'm sure.

Call Justin P. Hawes, in SLC. He's an amazing orthopedic, he did the rods in my L series, and has done many C's for "extreme" sport people (rodeo, motoX). He's in the Orthopedic Center next to the Intermountain hospital. He's an athlete and understands the "I need to do this mindset." He might offer you a different/more positive opinion and maybe could offer your doctor some good info. My L 1-5 are rodded.

We're in total agreement here. From my own perspective, a newer skydiver should not be using even an audible. Train the eyes and body clock first.

Why have an audible? Why have an altimeter? Your eyes are all you _need_. Altimeters, audibles, even AADs fail for a variety of reasons. Some people cannot hear audibles. Having tools that provide additional information are not a bad thing, but they should not be the 'only' thing.

Me too. One of my "prize" signatures. He's a heckuva nice guy. Congrats!

People who constantly flaunt their superior skillz and go against the USPA recommendations (which is the lobbying body that keeps the FAA out of our sport) are the primary reason the FAA just may get involved in our sport. None of us want that. Act like a three year old in the backseat of the car often enough, and soon what Mommy says won't be enough....and Daddy will be involved. Nobody wants Daddy to get involved.

@simonfly; you've missed the entire point of the article. Closing loops and cameras aren't TSO'd. They have no impact on the liability to the dz, the pilot. The "I've never had a problem crowd" are very quick to blame others and seem to think it'll never happen to them. Until it does. At least ten times. Very happy that Tonysuits is building a legal mod. Everyone wins.

somewhere in this forum is a photo of me pulling on a 100lb archery scale with Spectra around a mount, and not breaking at 100lbs. Moving the line to the mount itself, it broke (IIRC) @ 60lbs. I'm too lazy to search it out for you. See the small camera incidents thread, there is video of a guy hanging on a mount and PC. The mount did not break nor pull off. FWIW, we also found that Fastex clips don't release under load.

Distraction factor aside, I wish there was a way to require helmet cutaways on all of these small-format cameras mounted on helmets. With the bigger helmets, people *generally* put time, thought, and a sizeable investment in their gear. Doing so, *generally* people have researched the subject and have some reasonably (and sometimes very deeply) informed motivations for how they set up their systems. With the small format cameras, it's peel n' stick. And the tether, and...whatever else they can do to convince themselves "nothing will happen to me, and I wanna be a hero."

Yes, in the previous post before the pic he says: "Similar to the picture attached. But my gopro still touches the side of my helmet " If you are able to count 1+1 you might pick up, that it is not his helmet. Also, I have been jumping with a go pro on the side with no problems. (due to my still camra taking so much room on the top) A few years back people were jumping sidemounted cameras all the time. When did this suddenly became a problem? Someone said you cannot cutaway this type of fullface and therefore the sidemount is not recommended. Well, if you mount the camera on the top, is the cutaway is no longer needed? IMO mounting to the side and not having a cutaway are two totally different questions, plus I think people are sometimes exaggerating the need for a cutaway. About the "riser slap". Technically its not the risers that are hitting your camera. It is the camera that might be hitting the risers. We all know how after you throw your PC, your d-bag comes out and your lines start to unstow. At this point you are normally still flying flat, but your risers are already pointing upwards. It is after your canopy catches air that you shift into vertical orientation and it is at this point when your camera might touch the riser. This is why the "so called riser slap" isnt really that violent. My L-bracket is rather broad to the side, and I still havent had any problems with it. However, it is advisable to have the mount rigid enough to cope with your head hitting the risers so you wont loose your camera. Personally I wouldnt mount the go pro to the side if I had enough room on the top. I just dont see the benefit in the sidemount. However, I dont see it as a real risk. "Need for cutaways exaggerated?" "Not a real risk to have it side mounted" (particularly on the right side)? "Isn't that violent?" ?? For the OP; in the event that the three posts separately mentioning cutaway, and full-face helmets not being ideal for cameras didn't sink in/weren't clear (or anyone else reading this thread), full face helmets are not idea as camera mounting platforms, in great part because there are no manufactured cutaway systems. If you are going to do a sidemount, improve your odds by putting the camera on the left side, away from the hand that throws the PC. I submit that anyone who jumps a camera without a cutaway system is a fool. Call that an exaggeration if you will; I've personally seen one save the life of someone with more than 15,000 jumps, and there is video where a friend might not have been OK had he not cutaway his helmet during an entanglement. Between the three relatively recent fatalities from camera/bridle/line entanglements, the German video showing the strength of two-sided tape, our own weight/pull tests, the proliferation of newer jumpers wearing cameras before they have much experience dealing with malfunctioning gear (it's a long list of more) we do know that cutaways have saved lives. We do know that small format cameras don't easily break off without leverage, and none of us can be sure we'll always have/ever have the leverage needed to break one off during a malfunction.

No one really intends on being a dick, this question comes up in various forms so often, I wish there was a way to filter the answers to you before anyone responds. Some questions get asked in various forms a lot of different ways, so the multitude of answers might not come up in a search. Kudos to you for not already having answered your question and then looking for supportive responses. It's not always easy hearing that your ideas aren't good ones. Welcome to photography.

my vote on a more likely cause of unconsciousness goes to thick hoodie coupled with chest strap up around his neck.

Assuming the riser slaps it off vs catching and holding it, and in a full-face, not being able to deal with it. I'll venture out on a limb and guess the OP is a very new skydiver, based on registration date and language in the question. to Jornato: Please read this sticky before mounting and jumping that camera? This thread is a recent reason if the others aren't enough for you. Cutaways are critical for helmets with cameras on them. Fullface helmets require modifications for cutaways; no manufacturer provides them. Full face helmets usually have the camera on top, or on the chin piece. There are some that have special mounts for Replay, Contour cameras, but not the GoPro. Please adhere to the safety recommendations; they're not there because "the man wants to keep you down" but rather because many others have gone before you and some are just plain "gone" as a result of not adhering to the rules.

I'd strongly recommend you not jump that.

How would you mount it? Which side? Full faces already extend, so it's not advisable.