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People can move their eyes to look in different directions, the camera doesn't follow. So while you know you are looking at something, are you sure you are looking dead straight in front rather than slightly off centre? The ringsight will make sure for you. And are you always going to be sure yo uhave the angle of your helmet on exactly the same every time. Sometimes it might be a few degrees further forward than others... Again the ringsight will make sure for you. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I jumped Pilots in the 150, 132, 124 and 117 sizes, at approx 180lbs out the door. On each one I had to go to full arm extension to get the full flare (I'm 5'7"). The flare started to kick in properly around elbow level, then full extension to get the last bit of power for a soft landing. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

What mode are you shooting in to get those kind of bursts with autofocus? I got an A5000 to try after talking to a couple people and reading reviews on here, but I'm having some issues (probably self-induced). For one thing, it's pretty slow using Continuous AF in Tv mode- maybe 1.5 fps, at most- sometimes slower. Single shot AF in Tv is much faster but a lot more of the shots are out of focus. I use Intelligent Auto with the flash for in-plane/hangar shots and it works great. Haven't tried either of the auto modes in freefall- should I? Also, I recently had to replace a worn out tongue switch. Put the new one in (Conceptus- same as the old one), and it worked fine on the ground, and in the plane, but I got very few or no freefall shots (yes, I was pushing on it). Happened three jumps in a row, so I gave up for the day and took it home to troubleshoot. Took the tongue switch out, along with the $90 Hypoxic 2.5mm to MULTI adapter (), and of course couldn't duplicate the problem no matter how hard I tried. I did notice that the 2.5mm plug is pretty loose in the adapter, so I'm wondering if that was causing some of my issues- although if it was, I wasn't able to recreate them at my kitchen table. Any thoughts? The A5000 doesn't have anywhere near as high fps on continuous shooting as the A6000 - http://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/side-by-side?products=sony_a5000&products=sony_a6000 3.5fps for A5000 and 11fps for A6000. So that may be some of the issue. Add in autofocus, which isn't as fast on the A5000 either (25 contrast points, versus 179 contrast and phase points on the A6000) and that will probably account for the rest of the drop off on your shooting rate. I don't know if the A5000 is fast enough in autofocus to get anything much in the air, as it may be continually trying to focus, which could be why you haven't got anything on those jumps. Try it in manual focus and see if you get the same results? And $90 for that adaptor?!?! I'll stick with my £12 ($18) one!! Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I'll second (third?) the Skylark Odyssey. I've jumped this in a 100, 105 and 120 sizes and love it. So far it is my favourite canopy that I've jumped. I demoed the Odyssey 120, ordered a 105 almost straight away, sold my xfire2, and don't regret it for a second. And like has been said about the price. Can't beat it. Not only do I think it is better than an xfire2 (for my personal tastes), it's not that far off half the price... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I would have thought they are just as reliable, the only difference is if your audible ISN'T working, you may not notice until you are too low, as you may be too focused on your jump. With a visual, a casual glance during the dive will give an indication if it has gone faulty. During my 4- way jumps I usually have 6 altis. 2 audibles which beep to tell me to track off, 1 visual that I don't think I ever look at until I'm ready to deploy, and 3 team mates that track off at the same pre-set height, so if both my audibles aren't working, I've got three other people to give the break off indication... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I remeber seeing on their gallery page when they were still manufacturing jumpsuits, Go Crazy had a lot of tye die designs... But that's just a guess. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Or Polymorph thermoplasic, which is probably the same thing as the Instamorph. I've used the polymorph stuff, and it sets completely solid. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170701280532?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

See if you can borrow a 120 to try it out then see for yourself. Alternatively, you can look in to options that can overcome the problem of a canopy too small for the tray. For example, some magnetic dbags take up more volume than regular dbags, so may make a too small canopy better fitting. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I've found this as well. I like the magnets, but prefer the bulk to Jerry Baumchen or the UPT bags. However, no matter which stowless you end up wth, you'll be happy (or at least, I was). The extra bulk to the compal lazybag (which is the one I had) worked out perfectly for me with my old rig, as it meant I could fit a main I had downsized to (which was possibly pushing the container regarding acceptable size in the small end of things with a regular dbag) fairly comfortably. Gave me more life out of the container. So it can be a possible unintended benefit too, as well as a pain in the arse from the if your canopy is tight side of things. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I had one on my old rig. Loved it. Much easier and quicker to pack than a regular dbag, and a little bit quicker to pack than a semi-stowless dbag. Preferred it to my current semi-stowless bag. It is bulkier though due to the magnets. So if you have a canopy in your rig that is a tight fit in a regular dbag, you may struggle to fit it with a magnetic dbag. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

^^^^ If there was a "like" button on dropzone.com... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Triple risers on an accuracy rig... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

3.75 WL... that's probably higher than that guy was at when he landed the 35. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I have rings sewn on the leg straps of my rigs and use these rsl ish style snap shackles http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/400830860565?nav=SEARCH Cheap, work fine and most importantly, they match the black metal hardware on my rigs. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Maybe it was just my interpretation, but given the multiple camera angles and "spectator" footage used in the video, I got the impression that the spectators were in on it, and that was all part of the plan of the swoop. I didn't get the impression they were genuine spectators who knew nothing of it... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I was going to ask the same thing after seeing the video. Never seen anything like that before, so would be interesting to find out what it is for. My first guess would be its the brake line guide ring that is usually sewn on the risers, but here it is not sewn on. What effect that has, I've no idea... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Very simply, anyone have actual first hand experience of pack volume differences between these two reserves? Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

There seems to be a bit of video distortion and wobble around 1:03-1:10... Any chance you can post a 720p@120fps vid slowed down to 30fps? Would like to see how that looks. That's assuming the specs I saw here are correct and it does do 1280x720 @ 120fps? I think I'm getting pretty much sold on the A5100... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Sure, I originally thought PM to avoid taking the thread off on a tangent, but I guess it is all related. I was going to point towards exit equipment, that raceface has already pointed to; there is also the ultimate blow switch which I'm sure I saw somewhere with a multi-terminal connector but can't find the link now... maybe I was imagining it...; then there is Sky Switches which have switches and adaptors for various cameras; and lastly Conceptus give a guide on their site to splice their switches to other types of connector - http://www.conceptusinc.com/connection.htm I'm sure there may be others that I'm not aware of too. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Yeah, the a5000, a5100 and a6000 all use the multi terminal connector, and switches are available for them. Send me a pm and I'll point you in the direction of various sellers. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Well, I'm narrowing down my choice to the: Sony a5100 - think I'll afford a 2nd hand one. Presume it is better than the a5000? Or does it not offer anything worth having over the a5000 for skydiving? Samsung NX 300 Any other I should look at? Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I'm not sure what contrast detect focus means, or if/how that's bad... sorry! Looking at prices, the ones I've found that are in contention are: Samsung: NX300, NX3000, NX mini, NX2000 Sony: A5000 If I'm missing any in that general region price wise let me know! I hope I won't need a 10fps continuous shooting one. Don't plan on spray and pray, but 4 or there abouts fps for when I do want to get the shots in would be acceptable. The fact the A5000 has a built in flash (the NX mini's isn't meant to be that great) is a selling point for when I'm on the ground at home. But I gather the remote port for the mouth switch is on the same side as everything else - memory card etc too. Is that a big deal? Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Thanks for all the replies, and it more or less confirms what I was leaning towards. Now it is the issue of which camera. Would love the A6000, but too much money for me. I'm looking at something that is more the same price point as my Nikon D3200 - as I'll be selling that, and maybe put a little more towards the new one, if necessary, but not much. So after a quick browse of a local electrical superstore's website, I'm looking at ones that are in the Samsung NX mini, NX3000, Sony A5000 sort of price point. If there are other threads that already cover this, feel free to point me to them, otherwise, in that sort of range, which is recommended? I do like the idea of having a flash, for when I do use it for non-jumping/in the plane stuff. I gather the Samsung's don't have a flash (but some come packaged with an external one?). Thanks. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

Comparing to the a6000 is maybe too much as they're completely different price points. Will have a look and see what Sony /Samsung etc is similar price. Is the picture quality noticeably different between dslr and these smaller cameras? Other than my mouth switch I've not used any accessories for the Nikon. I think I'm being Sold on the smaller cameras... Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).

I've got a Nikon dslr that I use currently. It's quite big and heavy. I see people using the likes of the Sony mirror less, and Samsung NX series cameras that are much smaller and lighter. I'm not an avid photographer, I just like to capture nice pictures. I occasionally use it on the ground (family events etc.). I don't do any paid tandem work, so it is all recreational. What would I be losing by changing from my Nikon d3200 to a Sony or Samsung camera that's quite small but allows changing lenses? Would I gain anything other than a lighter and smaller camera on my head? Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic).