Advice for buying camera for freefall shoting?

[tomin 0]

Hi, I am looking for some cheap camera to buy with sold performance.
Purpose, of course - freefall shoting.
I saw something like sony pc-108, pc-109 . . .

I would like to see some of your advices.

Thank You !

Fly High !

[TALONSKY 0]

It really depends on the camera helmet. Most side mounts will work with Sony PC 105, PC 109. Most top mount will accept TRV style such as TRV-11.
I would advise getting alot more jumps before actually skydiving with a camera helmet. Please look at the thread that are at the top of this forum.
Kirk

[airborne82nd 0]

get you a hc series helmet for about 400 doolars from walmart 20, 30 , 40

small cam perfect for side mount the trv ones are awesome for top mount and then get a 2k composites or a rawa or a fiberzone helmets

they have all molded boxes built into the helmet gives smooth edges to avoid riser problems also turn your head on deplyment un less you get a trv and top mount

oh yeah get a sony i am no expert but thats what the crowd says.

i hear all the time well i used to have a jvc or something now i have a sony.

Chris

oh ya update your profile with your current jump number

[StevePhelps 0]

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also turn your head on deplyment un less you get a trv and top mount

I would NOT recommend that -- keep everything aligned with your spine! Ask the experienced vidiots like Lew and Quade. I "bet" they say the same.

[airborne82nd 0]

I am in the medical field and it makes sence to keep your c-spine in allingment but turning doesnt break that allignment more of a rotation

but if you dont turn your head and the risers catch on the side mounted d-box and then not rotate the head but tilt the head to fast to the side laterly and cause a comprssion fracture of the vertebra, a subluxation or a hyperextension of the joint space causing a disk rupture or even sever the spinal cord. or at least damage the spinous process. at least c1 or the atlas vertebra which supports the head. to c-3

i dont know i havent seen any of these type of injuries from skydiving videoographer.

so what do you think turn or rotate head while maintaining the cervical allignment???

[StevePhelps 0]

I WAS in the medical field too. I was a Special Forces medic (ODA 552 CO B 2nd BN 5th SFG) and a Respiratory Therapist years later, but my experince is limited and distant. I'll let the others express why, but my personal experience as a vidiot is I'm better off keeping things aligned. Search these forums and you will get lots of reasons why you should NOT turn your head.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=775998;sb=post_username;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

[Kris 0]

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so what do you think turn or rotate head while maintaining the cervical allignment???

Neither. I jump an HC-40 in a side-mount on my Mindwarp and don't rotate my head. If anything, I tilt my head down a bit so I don't have to worry about the risers, and have never had a riser strike on my camera.

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[ltdiver 3]

Also work in the medical field and see cervical damages of all sorts -every day-.

Please don't compound the source of injury by rotating your neck. It makes the whiplash and herniation oh so much worse.

ltdiver

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