bomb420

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    Girls like nerds?
    OK let me make that clear, good lookin girls...you know ones who look good based on the current understanding as it stands on TV like nerds?

    Well that would be cool.....but I'm not holding my breath. I'll still be watching Star Trek in the dark with the lights off with out any one knowing and I will not talk about how much I want a light cycle from Tron on any dates.



    Mine does and she's pretty damn hot! Of course I think I'm just damn lucky that deep inside, she's a nerd too.

    -Trunk
    HYPOXIC

  2. Just got a sneak preview of the latest Contour camera at NAB this year

    It's got:
    * 170 deg field of view
    * 200 deg rotation of the lens
    * Bigger Lens
    * External Mic input
    * Built in Connect View
    * HDMI out with playback controls

    I think the press release is going out on Monday, but here is the inside scoop from HYPOXIC.
    HYPOXIC

  3. CX150 by a long shot:

    1) Cheaper
    2) Has a lens adapter
    3) Don't need the screen flipped open while recording
    4) Bigger lens
    5) You don't need to buy a box for the CX150 vs. you need to for the TG7 just to have a wide angle lens adapter (unless you want to glue one on that is)

    Take a look/search for the predecessor TG1 or the US model the TG5.

    -Trunk
    HYPOXIC

  4. I haven't shot freefall footage with it, but the stills are pretty damn tight and fast. It's simple, the macro shots are easy and quick (in comparison to my 100mm prime canon lens). You can see macro shots in my past few articles (CX160). The IR port is slow so a mod is necessary for using it in freefall. I just did this mod this weekend and must say it takes a long time and is extremely technical. Whomever is offering this for $200 is a good deal.

    For those people thinking about doing it, I did video the mod and wrote about it on my blog. Check it out here Adding a Wired Shutter Release Switch to a Sony NEX-5
    HYPOXIC

  5. I'll try and get some test footage with active turned on this weekend but seriously doubt it will change anything. The OIS is held into place with magnets, as we have seen with the CX7 and CX12 they break loose when the camera is hit by a vacuum caused by a burble.

    Here is something I wrote on the CX7 back in the day where I took apart the OIS unit. CX7 OIS

    It sucks that I can't jump right now, or all these tests would be easy for me to perform by myself. Right now I have to rely on other people that are training, etc.

    Thank you for your patience,
    -Trunk
    HYPOXIC

  6. Someone once told me a really smart simple secret about tongue and bite switches.

    SPIT THEM OUT before you deploy. If you get in the habit of doing this your switch will last you a hell-a-lot longer. Think about whenever you have a "bad" opening. You get 100 shots of your deployment, or the earth or whatever. I know I personally clench down hard when this happens....

    Just passing some knowledge
    -Trunk
    HYPOXIC

  7. Nice chart. Awesome work!

    I sent one (CX160) to Arizona Arsenal to do some FreeFfly testing during their training this week. I requested them to pass it around the dropzone (headup, belly) so I can get a bunch of different footage in a short period of time. Unfortunately I'm still recovering from my shoulder injury so I can't personally jump it. :( I'll post the footage on our website once I get some samples. Let's see if they lock the lenses any better.

    -Trunk

    HYPOXIC

  8. You'll have an SOS error. Leave the card in, turn on the camera, wait a few seconds and you'll get SOS to pop onto the screen. Press any button at this time and the camera will write the appropriate headers into the corrupt file and make it work. The file will most likely be the whole recording but generally for us peeps it's enough. See my article on GoPro on Skydiving for more tricks. Or search for SOS errors online.

    -Trunk
    HYPOXIC

  9. At first I was worried about it going down to your cutaway handle, but your chest strap should protect that from happening. I need to see if you can get it tight enough for video. How was the footage?
    HYPOXIC

  10. Bofh,

    How are you mounting it on your mud flap. Going through it seems to require an 90degree adapter. I can see around it but it does not seem safe to me since it can fall down around your handles. Maybe you can post us a picture?

    Thx,
    -Trunk
    HYPOXIC

  11. The dimensions of the GPS version is different than the normal contourHD 1080p. Make sure you get a box for the GPS version. I personally have not seen one yet. It looks like the rawa one will not work, the 2K composites one may. Email chutingstar or 2KC to find out.

    A lot of people are happy with these mounts too that work with any version of the contour camera:
    Contour Sturdy Mounts
    HYPOXIC

  12. From what I've seen there is not a default setting but if you upgrade the firmware it will go back to the factory defaults.

    Depending on the firmware you will see the following if the settings are set to default. Just ignore the ones that aren't in your current firmware.

    onF (P2 in older)
    F
    r4
    Cnt
    UP (Not in older)
    LFF (Not in older)
    oSO (Not in older)
    P1 (P2 in older)
    bLO
    bPO
    nSC
    Lst (Not a setting)
    All (Not a setting)
    OFF
    LCO (Not in older)
    dat (Not a setting, submenu)
    ESC (Not a setting/esc)
    HYPOXIC