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Yes, it gets busy turning onto final approach: talking to the student, checking flags, watching out for other canopies, judging glide angle, planning my approach, etc. but I still prefer to hold my camera over the student's left shoulder to turn it on - reaching over with my right hand. Then I keep my left hand loose until 300 feet, at which point I grab the left steering toggle, but still keep my hand "loose" so I can hold the camera at a near "normal" angle. ***
This post as far as a bad situation, goes right back to the recent incident reports.
Keep your hand "loose" on landing?
Dammit, all injuries and fatalities are upon LANDING.
As an instructor, your job is to get that student home safe.
That is your responsibility.
Getting the camera shot should not even enter your mind at that point. Making an extra buck on a tandem jump, (shooting your OWN video from a handcam), shouldn't even be part of the skydive!!
Tandems can be risky enough to start with. Don't add in shit you don't need to.
Tony, put the student 1st, always.
My job is to get my student home safe. My 2nd job is to get them the video that they paid for.
WayCool 0
For people interested there is a CamEye called the HCR version available which is especially manufactured for Hand-Cam use. We have decided to mount these on the side of the palm between the thumb and forefinger, this requires the toggle to be held a little differently. The advantage is that the camera can be operated with one hand.
You can see it here>>http://waycool.com.au/html/products/cameye.htm#cehc
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You can see it here>>http://waycool.com.au/html/products/cameye.htm#cehc
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NSEMN8R 0
I've seen it. It's exactly what I was thinking of getting, but I'm not sure where I'd mount it on my riggerrob glove. Any suggestions? I'd buy one right now if I can figure out a good place to put it.
NSEMN8R 0
Ya ya ya, I know. Handcams are the devil and we're all going to die from them and they're going to ruin the sport. I've already heard. Let's start another thread for that. In fact there's already a handcam haters thread in the photography forum.
Mine too.
But thanks for caring, Sue
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My job is to get my student home safe. My 2nd job is to get them the video that they paid for.
Mine too.
But thanks for caring, Sue
bob.dino 1
Umm, have you realised who you're asking? Why not ask RiggerRob instead?
WayCool 0
Bob.dino has a good point mate, I haven't seen and know nothing about Robs gloves. If you want to take some digi shots of it, I'll have a look.
Good luck with it.
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Good luck with it.
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then when youre ready to get your landing just fade in another song. itf you do it well , it won't look bad at all.
I wish we had a board that Chuck is talking abou t all we have is video fade (A and B) and audio fade.
I guess If I hooked anpother camera up to the board I could stick my mem card in and grab soem still shots while I goofed around with the live footage...maybe I'll try that this weekend.
but It would be so much easier if the BOARD could grab a still frame so I could superimpose it
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