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Hi Tony, long time no see.Bruno Brokken here.  I used to do some 3d photos with 2 camera years ago. One way to do is, is with the anaglyph 3D effect.The way to make it viewable on a screen, is to process the 2 pictures in photoshop, overlap them , and use red/cyan glasses to see it. This is a 3d picture I made for Cypres around 2010 (you´ll need the glasses to see the effect)

short video of last weeks event at the pyramids organized by Skydive Egypt

https://youtu.be/1RPCOFcHaIo

 

An amazing night display involving CF and firework...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NJiCM8XdGc

Back in the early 80ies I had an X210 and a good friend of mine had a Pegasus. These pictures were taken in 1983 when we went "paragliding" with those canopies in the French Alps (Mieussy). Don´t think there was a name for that back then... :) The canopy on the left picture is the Pegasus, the other one is the X210.

2 other videos missing...

who knows these songs ( all 3 from old skydiving videos)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWgF2TZQufg

DougH

Bruno,

Can you please post the footage with the wide angle? I am curious how it looked.

i didn´t keep that footage, basicly it looks like the BOSS system is over-compensating, it actually looked worse then with the steadyshot off.

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has anyone also tried the Sony CX410?

ive heard its a cheaper version of the CX730?

also, does anyone have a definitive answer on the hypeye problem (i.e. does it work with the screen turned or viewfiner out?), as this is the only real issue i can see now, with the wide angle lens/front thread and steadyshot issues sorted...


Thanks!

This is a video shot with the CX-410 during the recent World Team event in Eloy, no extra wide angle ( as i mentioned before it doesn´t work with the BOSS system on the cx410 )
http://vimeo.com/album/2373146/video/65509737

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Hi Trunk,

ive noticed that the CX410 doesnt seem to have the half moon connector? do you know if this is correct?

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/cam-high-definition-on-memory-stick/hdr-cx410ve/technical-specifications#tab

on the specs, it does seem to say that the composite out cable is sold separately. have you seen this before, does the hypeye work with some kind of bridge cable?

also, the cx410 seems to have no viewfinder, so the screen would have to be flipped...

hi,
i´ve been trying the cx 410 for some jumps, viewfinder doesn´t have to be flipped, "viewfinder power on" can be disactivated in the menu. It doesn´t have the half moon output , you need to buy the optional "multi" cable for that.
Also the BOSS system works fine but only WITHOUT additional wide angle lens. In the menu there´s the option "lens conversion" but only for a tele lens. On the more expensive models, in the "lens conversion" option you have wide and tele.
Anyway i tried to jump with a additional wide angle lens and the results of the BOSS system were not good.
Without wide angle the BOSS system works really well. The angle of the camera is quite wide, like a 26mm on a full frame stills camera or similar to a 17 mm on a non full frame stills camera.
hope this helps

Bruno

I think that having dreams is great...BUT... somehow if this whole thing is not a joke ,it looks dangereous....
Yves Rossy has been working
on his Jetman project since the 90ies. His number 1 priority has always been always safety. That´s why when he was trying new designs, he always jumped from a plane at high altitudes .
He has been out a control many times ,including flat spins.
Even with his background as jet fighter pilot, wingsuiter and skysurfer, the only thing that saved him in some cases, was the the extra altitude and the possibility to release the wing ( which has a recovery system ) and skydive back to safety. Even so , he ´s been lucky a few times.
Over the years, his wings have become very reliable, he can now fly in formation with other planes at different speeds, do loops, rolls and climb at more than 1000ft/min.
If anyone could take off with a jet powered wing today, it is probably Yves .
Why hasn´t he done it yet,...? because of his number 1 priority... safety. The risk is too big that if one of his engine quits at low altitude, he goes out of control.Remember these are RC engines, nowhere as reliable as real jet engines.

If you go to speeds fast enough to really lift your wing from the ground ( even only 2 feet high ), there´s enough energy there to flip the whole thing around into the ground in a split second ... Even with a ballistic emergency parachute, the pilot has no chance until he is higher than a few 100 feet off the ground.

check out Yves un-powered flights on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WAGx46KkkU
it gives you an idea of the speed these wing is going.

Your wing looks like a slower design, but still, you will have 120+kgs (250 + lbs) under a probably sub 3 sq. meter wing (less than 30 sq feet ), that´s a lot of wingloading...

If this project is not a joke, not sure what to say, except : try to be safe..

if this is a joke .... well done,better than those Dutch wingflappers ( but they were first......)

Jetman Yves Rossy´s unpowered flights in the Swiss Alps https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0WAGx46KkkU#!

Last weekend´s display jumps over Anyang, China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgx024VdwPc

CReW over China last year.Taken with a 24-105mm lens at 105

here´s some pictures.

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Its interesting how you are requiring more DOF from the body. Almost all pro sport photographers want to stay away from FF because they are obsolete in sport photography in general.

However, I admire how you want to walk against the flow here. Many interesting photos are possible..

Most sports photography is done with massive zoom lenses too.. We're just a different breed of sports photographers

not always....This picture was taken with a 5D MKII and a 70-200 lens ( at 200mm) during the last Dubai comp. The building is 4+miles away.

Hi Nicholas,i just copied this guy.... : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bhLSIBWfHY

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amazing shots, vision, and editing. I love the DoF on some of the filming, so I am assuming some HDSLR video work. Then again, some of the shots looked like gyro-stabilized shots from another aircraft, so I dunno.

Sick work either way.

/jealous as hell of their resources.

Thx for the compliments...but not too big resources here... the shots in the beginning on the runway are taken from my powered paraglider , also the exit shot is taken from under canopy and the rest are freefall shots.( most shots are taken with a 5Dmk2 with various lenses),no gyro stabilized shots from other airplanes..

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One of the Babylon guys(Fred or Kuri but a while ago so can't be sure) 2002/2003 Hot day in August.
The collapse happened at altitude above 2000'.
Flying normally then it just folded and spun up.
Stardard Velo i believe as the comp Velo hadn't been conceived then.
Happened at Empuriabrava Spain which does suffer with some funky winds from time to time.

it was Kury. "Flying normally" was not the case here ...they were simulating a syncronized landing for an upcoming demo jump, Kury had both brakes in 1 hand (on brakes), simulating the movement to put the smoke on with the other hand...at that moment his canopy collapsed...not really normal flying circumstances...

Here are some pictures of the recent CReW demo by Chris Gay and his team over Laiwu, China. The team built a 25 way diamond on every jump (even a 26way on 1 occasion when cameraman Wilco docked at the bottom of the formation). A well timed and flown starbust over the grandstand was probably the biggest hit of the airshow.Also Brian Pangburn and Mike Lewis did an amazing job making sure the spot was good and the formation ended up at the right place every time..http://www.brunobrokken.com/#/content/00%20New%20stuff/977%202011%20Sep%202011%20China%20International%20Air%20Fiesta/Bruno%20Brokken-7474.jpg/

Video of a PDFT demo at the 2010 Dubai parachute cup with acrobatic pilot Zoltan Veres flying around them.(full length)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kecgmfv65fU

Something to keep in mind also is that in case of a malfunction you might be spinning on your back and your wings might cover your cut-away and reserve handles so you ´d loose more time locating them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TViSeW84L-A

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..now.. i looked at your dz´s website http://www.skydivefranz.co.nz/prices
and you are proposing "DVD and PHOTO packages"

yes all DVD's come with photos.

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