Calvin19

So, i have a 400D digital, (XTI) and i am useing a canon 17-85mm and i love it, but i am greedy and want something a bit, wider. I am also thinking about getting, eventualy a full frame body. so, the glass needs to be able to fit both. body will def be Canon. 25D? what do you think of the new sigma 8mm? anyone have it? im not a huge fan of circular, but i can get a useful shot out of the 170 degree viewplane. I LOVE the 10-20, its beautiful. but spendy. maybe i just posted this cause im bored. but i do want other peoples opinions of the two lenses.

what way was the wind going? this pic is north-oriented from google earth. i know its not a wind incident, but i want to know for judgement of the departed's judgement.

kinda. i would jump if it was a head/tailwind upriver or down, but not if the wind blows accross the canyon. i cant remember what way it faces, i think the bridge is staight at about, 030 degrees? i just remember the sun rising close to directly facing normal exit side.

my idea exactly, im sure it has been discussed somewhere else in here, but this is a PERFECT way to test many other gliders. see, a huge problem in testing any kind of soaring machine, is that actual testing stats are extremely hard to calculate, as all air parcels are moving. period. in a tunnel, EXACT speed and glide ratio could be measured. i have thought about this for wingsuits, and now am thinking about it for paragliders, sailplanes, hang gliders, etc. the tunnel would need to be at least 18m wide, 18m tall, and 10m long. (30' is weird, and it makes sense for it to be bigger) airspeeds would need to be very smooth, clean air, from 5km/hr up to 300 km/hr. as well as adjustable from 1/1ish GR(ish) to infinate GR. now, imagine a huge space like that to fly a wingsuit in, granted, the power needed is near impossible to render for a civil operation, but still. investors would include all the glider companies in the world.

sorry i didnt specify, but the slinks i was talking about was reserve slinks. 800 jumps is a lot on slinks. how often do they need to be replaced? -SPACE-

oh. well it made me feel better about a 650 USD purchase. 20D is next.

when maintained and rigged correctly, i seriously doubt a slink has ever failed. i bet the ones spoken of are mis-riggings, or the 1800th jump on the slink.

damn dude, you spent a LOT of time and research on a barely-personal attack post. kudos. -SPACE-

theoreticaly in that sit, fabric on fabric gives line burns, spectra melts really low temp. but i use slinks on my dagger now. i seriously doubt any bad things about slider down. just look at it after a few jumps.

i thought all canon bodies have a sensor vibrator for cleaning? at least the newer ones.

i feel left out.

you beet me to it man... i was actualy baiting that exact thing... oh well. wait,,, do i have your phone number? -SPACE-

just make it after the end of june, eh?

even me my freind, i may end up moving west myself. Oregon and norcal... i have not spent enough time there. your always welcome here. heather probably has a couch [or bed] for you kids at any time, and my place is open as well.

dude, I have a homebuilt and a production single surface glider, ill post video. it will be sweet. of course, leg has to heal AGAIN before that happens. did you see them when you were out here? sorry i couldnt bring you kids paragliding. shitty wind.

Im doing that with some old hang gliders i have, they probably wont have much damage. they are old, and not worth much, and i dont really hang glide anymore. it should be fun to leave cameras on them, and watch them spiral, nice and slow to their doom in moab.

derka will be fine! he is a strong kid.

I cant wait to go back to potato, i have so much retarded shit to do!!!!

Your right, it is a bitch to do it with multiple angles from the same point. And punishment? meh, just hard, boring, annoying work with a sweet payoff.

I shot this last week, it was our 6th 'mr frank' possibly the best skydives i have had yet. i was always the one who rappelled and got thrown up above the canopy, but this time i made my best freind do it so i could shoot stills. I also attatched a shot of what it looked like from below. not as nice of a shot, little contrast, but jsut the idea of photos is what i enjoy.

also, if the subject has a clear blue sky for the entire or most of the sequence, it really makes it easy when digitaly splicing the frames. much easier for certian photoshop tools to work as well.

I have done this on 35mm, I dont particularly like the results. but it does work. it looks best in black and white.

happy one hank. cut ur hair.

just did this same thing on thursday in Utah at a local PG launch, when the winds got to strong to fly Paragliders. -SPACE-