domFF 0 #1 June 24, 2005 Hi there! I jumped my Nikon Coolpix 5700 for the first time yesterday. I am using a Harbotronics DigiSnap 5700 and a Bite Switch with it. I couldn't take any pictures after leaving the aircraft during the first two jumps and on the ground the cam was "frozen", I couldn't even switch it off. I had to remove the batterie and put it back in to get the cam working again. After using a Compact Flash Card instead of the IBM Microdrive I used for the first two jumps, taking pictures works just fine. Now I am trying to figure out the settings that work best for freefall photography. Is anybody out there using a Coolpix 5700 who could tell me his settings step by step? General information on for example shutter speed and stuff like that would be great, too. Thanks so far Dominic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birdynamnam 28 #2 June 24, 2005 I use a coolpix 5000 so you can compare it easily to yours; anyway I do the following: I go manual with the shutter, auto on the rest. I choose between two settings: 1/500 and 1/250 sek. I use the fast one when I want to take pictures up close. Otherwise I use the slower one because of better quality. Though the lens is on auto, I always override it with +0.7 so that images will be a bit brighter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
domFF 0 #3 June 27, 2005 Thanks! Do you use a extra fast CF-Card? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
