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Very nice technique - very similar to the French Video guy at the world meet in 2006. He got cameraman of the meet so the judges obviously liked it too! http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

I load my pilot at about 1.9. Lands great straight in or after a turn and the openings are the best I've had. I have just over 1000 jumps on it with no mals and line twists twice. http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

I have 3 different 0.3 lenses for my cx105. A Raynox, Royal and Opteka - they all have different fields of view. With the Raynox i jump with IS on. With the Royal and Opteka the footage looks much steadier to my eye with the IS off. Therefore my thoughts would be that it could depend on the lens as well as the IS mode (i think the CX105/100 only has 1 IS mode) http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

how about 1:53 on this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7bYKHo1-E This is a speed run from Jay Moledzki - at this competition at Lake Wales the best guys were sometimes getting to the runway off the left hand side of the screen (it wasn't a problem for me! I Never got anywhere near it!) At first I thought he had just almost stalled - when I looked at it again though I thought he was deliberately stopping before the runway. Never got the chance to ask him though. http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Just googled him - very nice! http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

fd to ef converters have problems "When it comes to adapting FD lenses to EOS cameras the key difference here is the lens register incompatibility. Adapters for Canon FD-mount lenses, including the two adapter models that Canon themselves sold at one point, must deal with this incompatibility somehow. Either they contain optics (glass lens elements) to compensate for the register difference and retain infinity focus or else they don’t contain optics and don’t retain infinity focus. There’s no way around this. Canon’s optic-containing FD-lens-on-EOS-body adapters were basically small teleconverters (1.26x) and only worked properly with a number of their longer telephoto lenses - effectively transforming them into longer slower lenses - you lost 2/3 stop. The full official list of compatible lenses is: FD 200mm 1.8 L FD 200mm 2.8 RF FD 300mm 2.8 L FD 300mm 4 FD 300mm 4 L FD 400mm 2.8 L FD 400mm 4.5 FD 500mm 4.5 L FD 600mm 4.5 FD 800mm 5.6 L FD 50-300mm 4.5 L FD 85-300mm 4.5 FD 150-600mm 5.6 L Third parties have made similar glass-containing adapters, but by contrast their optics are usually poor and thus image quality tends to be generally low." taken from http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses/ however I have used Nikon lenses with canon cameras quite succesfully - mainly using aperture priority. You can pick up some some old nikon glass from ebay priced quite reasonably http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

I'm at the 'Go Vertical' event at Skydive Langar at the moment and have just seen this. Also added the contour mount. The company is 'Skyshot' at www.skyshotdesign.com http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

I have had no problem with the canon 15mm, tokina 10-17mm, Peleng 8mm or Zenitar 16mm except in 'extreme' weather conditions. I'm fairly sure that Willy Boeykens jumps the sigma 8mm on occasion so that must be a good lens. Its a shame if the Samyang 14mm is similarly affected as it gets a good review here (in terms of resolution at least) http://www.photozone.de/canon_eos_ff/532-samyang14f28eosff http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

nice! Heres one of mine. Just about got the bottom grip in... http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3075488;search_string=raynox%200.3%20fogging;#3075488 http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

This is how I do it. My jacket came with the plastic snaps. I put on the swedish rsl shackles using some old slinks. I then just had a loop of tape stitched onto my legstraps just under the hip rings. They seem to be holding up well - I have done maybe 1000 jumps like this. I have seen stainless rings almost wear through the brass shackles. Hope the attached pic explains! http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

I find technology very interesting like this. We like to believe that whatever system we have invested in is the best system and don't like to admit that other systems are as good or even better! We then try to convince others to invest in the same system we use! Some of the fanboy 'discussions' on sites like dpreview.com get absolutely ridiculous! I personally use canon - when i wanted my first dslr in 2005 i wanted to go with Nikon as my film kit was Nikon. However the D70 (which was the only one within my budget) only had an IR remote port. So i switched to Canon - just after this the D70s came out! I have a couple of Canon bodies (350D and 5D) and a few lenses (15mm, 20mm, 10-17mm) and a flashgun and am very happy. I am sure I would be equally as happy with Nikon. http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

One of my friends said the parts cost about £12 ($20) Hypeye in the UK costs about £75 I think they all saw it as a challenge rather then a way of saving money. It certainly wouldn't be worth me doing it Phil! http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Did a search and couldn't find anything. When I opened up a CX105 to take the strap off cleanly I noticed that there is one of those little plastic 'jumpers' that had PAL written on one side and NT written on the other. I was wondering if this switched between PAL/NTSC - anybody know? http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

3 of my friends have converted cameyes to work with their CX105's/CX7. They say its a bit of a fiddly job but if you know what you're doing electronically its doable. http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Most people seem to be saying this but i don't think theres much in it - my experience is that its a little shorter then a velo but not by much. I'm turning my 91 at about the same height as i used to turn a velo 96; I normally do a 270 - maybe this difference in recovery arc is more noticeable on bigger rotations? Is the fact that my Sensei is a 91 compared with a velo 96 making up for the shorter arc? Its a couple of years since I jumped velo's so maybe i'm not remembering correctly? Whatever the reason i don't think the recovery arc can be described as 'short' - just not quite as long as a Velo (which perhaps has the longest recovery arc on the market?) Not trying to start an argument - just that i'm not seeing what most people seem to be reporting. http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

3.8 is just out on PC and you can tilt! Not sure about Mac version. http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Completely agree with all this - i'd spend your money on getting current again. Welcome back! http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Me too - mines on 69000 shots and still going! http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Hi Saskia! Hope you're well? I did this - i used a 72-77mm step up ring (dremelled out a bit) which then fits over the end of the lens and glued. No more fogging! It was fogging up all the time here in the UK As a slightly different take on the stills I'm using a Tokina 10-17mm at the 10 end in portrait and it works well - i've attached a few from this weekend http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Hi Tom, I really notice the extra weight of my 5D over my 350D (810 gm Vs 540 gm) and rarely jump the 5D. Completely agree with Phil about putting everything on top though. If my 350D breaks tomorrow (68000 shots at the moment!) I'll buy a 450D for skydiving. I try and think about the final ouput of my pics and the truth is I have never needed more than 8mp so far. Of course some of the other features such as the better screen, better af etc possibly make the newer cameras a worthwhile upgrade (mainly for ground shooting though) Have fun with whatever you decide! gary http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Mine feels great on rears - it took me a couple of jumps to get used to them but thats me not the canopy! I did extend my brake lines by a couple of inches like a previous poster (Andy Hughes) did. http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Can't really comment on that apart from saying that mine doesn't do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrDg7TdVKpU Does it do that on all jumps or just this last one? http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

Have you considered the Sensei? I have about 40 jumps on mine now and its definately the best opening XB i've jumped. It doesn't hunt as much as a velo and the speed of the openings is very comfortable. Some people are saying it has a short recovery arc - in my experience its perhaps a little shorter then a velo but not significantly so. Its certainly a very fun canopy! http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk

I understand this is what it should mean - just looking for real world examples! My experience is that my 3 different 0.3's (raynox, royal and opteka) all have quite different fields of view - which is why i find the numbers not very useful. Thanks again Bill http://www.garywainwright.co.uk Instagram gary_wainwright_uk