FFlyer 0 #1 July 24, 2005 Hi all, Ill hopefully be jumping my camera (sony hc42) for the first time next weekend and just want to get your opinions on what settings to use. There seems to be quite a few different ways to set things up. I did a few searches and one thing that seems to be standard, is that you should set it to manual focus and then to infinity (not too sure how to do this yet, since I havnt had time to play with my camera settings, but im sure ill figure it out if this will be the best way of focusing it). Most of my jumps are freefly jumps if that makes any difference to which settings I should use? What other settings should I know about and what should I set them to? Any advice here would be great, thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tso-d_chris 0 #2 July 24, 2005 Quote just want to get your opinions on what settings to use. All of them! For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FFlyer 0 #3 July 24, 2005 QuoteQuote just want to get your opinions on what settings to use. All of them! Thanks!! That sure cleared things up for me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tso-d_chris 0 #4 July 24, 2005 Quote Quote Quotejust want to get your opinions on what settings to use. All of them! Thanks!! That sure cleared things up for me That was only about half joke. Which settings depends on what shot you are trying to get. If you limit yourself to one or two settings, you are limiting yourself and the kinds of shots you can get. There is no one size fits all setting (or lens) for skydiving. Play with them all, in the air and on the ground, and learn how each setting affects your video. Then, you will have a much better idea which setting is best for your purposes on any particular jump. For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BETO74 0 #5 July 24, 2005 Use manual setting zoom your lens all the way out and to infinity, what these means is everything will be on focus no matter how close or far, the icon in your sony to infinity is a mountain it will show on your screen tape the focus ring with gaffers tape so wont move during the freefall, recommended is the use of a wide angle I use diamond .3 for freefly and .45 for tandems and rw that does not mean I wont use it for FF either depends on what do you want to achive. I f you dont use manual focus your camera will try to focus different things on freefall. play with the settings of your camera like settings for fast sports or still imags you will get different results for instant, if you set your camera to record fast sports and video the props of a plane you could see each blade going around other setting will give you a fan looking circle. Sorry about the wording but I'm in a hurry. Laterhttp://web.mac.com/ac057a/iWeb/AC057A/H0M3.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #6 July 25, 2005 And don't forget about the nice 'sun' symbol for exposure setting. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FFlyer 0 #7 July 25, 2005 Thanks, ill play around with different settings on each jump and decide what I like best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites unpacker 0 #8 August 15, 2006 hey brendon well it's over a year now are you still flying the hc42 and what settings worked best for freefly? i've just purchased one myself and would like your input thanks.------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
tso-d_chris 0 #2 July 24, 2005 Quote just want to get your opinions on what settings to use. All of them! For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FFlyer 0 #3 July 24, 2005 QuoteQuote just want to get your opinions on what settings to use. All of them! Thanks!! That sure cleared things up for me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #4 July 24, 2005 Quote Quote Quotejust want to get your opinions on what settings to use. All of them! Thanks!! That sure cleared things up for me That was only about half joke. Which settings depends on what shot you are trying to get. If you limit yourself to one or two settings, you are limiting yourself and the kinds of shots you can get. There is no one size fits all setting (or lens) for skydiving. Play with them all, in the air and on the ground, and learn how each setting affects your video. Then, you will have a much better idea which setting is best for your purposes on any particular jump. For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BETO74 0 #5 July 24, 2005 Use manual setting zoom your lens all the way out and to infinity, what these means is everything will be on focus no matter how close or far, the icon in your sony to infinity is a mountain it will show on your screen tape the focus ring with gaffers tape so wont move during the freefall, recommended is the use of a wide angle I use diamond .3 for freefly and .45 for tandems and rw that does not mean I wont use it for FF either depends on what do you want to achive. I f you dont use manual focus your camera will try to focus different things on freefall. play with the settings of your camera like settings for fast sports or still imags you will get different results for instant, if you set your camera to record fast sports and video the props of a plane you could see each blade going around other setting will give you a fan looking circle. Sorry about the wording but I'm in a hurry. Laterhttp://web.mac.com/ac057a/iWeb/AC057A/H0M3.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #6 July 25, 2005 And don't forget about the nice 'sun' symbol for exposure setting. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FFlyer 0 #7 July 25, 2005 Thanks, ill play around with different settings on each jump and decide what I like best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unpacker 0 #8 August 15, 2006 hey brendon well it's over a year now are you still flying the hc42 and what settings worked best for freefly? i've just purchased one myself and would like your input thanks.------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
