oldfart

I dreamed of skydiving with a bunch of guys who wore jumpsuits and helmets,but no rigs.Never saw anyone go in but then I woke up before I pulled.They seemed to be unconcerned about not wearing rigs.

Yes but where's WalMart?

I'm a TV news photojournalist and I beg my wife for skydiving money.She works the real job.

[>nil,thereby the chances of life ever being there were almost nil. Where did they say that? Many reports I've seen speculate that Mars was once much warmer and wetter, to the extent that it had seas. Seas indicate free liquid water can exist, which means an atmospheric pressure of at least 1PSI or so. A blue sky would indicate a much healthier and heavier atmosphere than NASA is saying. A blue sky is more indicative of how gases and dust in an atmosphere scatter incoming sunlight, not of how thick it is. OK.I was looking for the url of this site but it seems to have been moved.I did a search and found several sites claiming similar.What I find interesting about the Martian sites as opposed to the "Moon Landing Hoax"people.Is that the Moon Hoaxers are pretty easy to debunk, especially if you're old enough to remember Project Apollo,like me.Yet these folks aren't making claims that are all that outlandish by comparison and they seem to a bit better read.Here's one of the urls. http://www.goroadachi.com/etemenanki/mars-hiddencolors.htmQuote

Right and color balance does change throughout the day here on Earth, as much as 10,000 degrees Kelvin depending on the angle of the sun (below 3000 at sunrise and sunset to over 10,000 at noon also the amount of cloud filtration changes color temp).The debate with this guy was which original 1976 photo was true.The first one ,"uncorrected" blue sky or the "corrected" one red sky.

This dude with the site adjusted his computer to the ] The only thing you can use effectively to adjust colour in a picture without a proper test pattern is human skin. We "know" how that should appear. You can guess about the hue and chroma saturation of other objects ... but it would be only a guess. On my film shoots we used flesh tone and a color chip chart for the colorist, as well as a grey scale.What this guy noticed was that in NASA's corrected pics,the white part of the flag was pink and had way too much red.After adjusting it to the white,the whole picture went back to NASA's "uncorrected" original colors showing a blue sky.Now agreed there was no flesh tone to adjust to,but adjusting white without removing all of the chroma can be a pretty good guess if you have nothing else to go on.I've gone with that on some home video people have shot for me where their color balence was way off and the shot was something where there wasn't much of a refference.Unless a lot of red dust was picked up on the lander when it made contact.This might be a logical assumption since the Viking used rockets for the final descent.Thanks for the explanation on the pressure.

OK,fair enough.But I remember in some of the old designs a ring sail type of chute was on the drawing board.What I see from NASA animation is a typical round.Even at that speed and using pyrotechnics,would there be enough pressure to hold it stable enough until the rockets are fired?

I looked at the old archive posts as well as did a search on the web.So far I found only two DZ's in the US that offer HALO jumps for civilians.One is in Memphis,the other in California.Are there any others? Oldfart

Maybe this one should go out to physicists and riggers.The Mars landers have all used parachutes to slow their descent to the surface of the planet at first,then rockets or in the case of the later missions the inflatable cushions. NASA and JPL tell us that Mars has 1% Earth's atmospheric pressure.I'm sure like Earth,the higher the altitude,the less the pressure. Having said that I propose this.Is that enough pressure to inflate a parachute? NASA has been saying that the Martian atmosphere is almost nil,thereby the chances of life ever being there were almost nil.Now there was a guy who has posted a site (I will post the url if anyone is interested) who fiddled with colors on the pictures from the Viking lander in 1976 after NASA "corrected"them.For those of you old enough to remember,the first pics from Mars showed a blue sky.Then JPL "corrected" them saying the sky was pink from the red Martian dust.Just one problem.In one picture,the American flag is seen on the side of the lander in the corner of the picture.Now we may not know what color the Martian sky is,but we sure know what Old Glory is supposed to look like. This dude with the site adjusted his computer to the colors of the flag to get as close to a correct red,white and blue as he could and what do you know,the sky on Mars turned blue in the picture.A blue sky would indicate a much healthier and heavier atmosphere than NASA is saying. I still go back to the question of whether or not 1% Earth atmospheric pressure would inflate a parachute or not.What do you guys think? Oldfart

For standard 16mm any lightweight camera capable of multi speeds and interchangeable lenses would suit fine. It's been ages since I rented film gear, and then, not for freefall.I used to rent out of Photomart in Orlando and Panavsion of Florida, also in Orlando when I needed an Arri 16 SR or Aaton XTR. Alan Gordon in LA rents Bell and Howell GSAPs (gun cameras 16mm, takes a 50 foot magazine and "C" mount lenses) or used to anyway. The Aaton A Minima seems ideal for freefall and it's super 16, which is the format where 16 is going due to the advent of HDTV.Many of the older cameras can be converted. I like to window shop on ebay for older film cameras.I've only ever jumped with a 35mm still camera and a super 8 Bealieu 4008ZM with a 10mm lens, but some of the cameras I've considered were besides the A-minima are the Kodak K-100 and CP 16 GSMO (with a 100 foot mag and a fixed lens).Anyone ever jump these two cameras? Oldfart

Are you looking to shoot film or video? Oldfart

Awesome!Another film shooter.What stock do you prefer to shoot for freefall?I'm just now getting back into the sport after a long hiatus. Oldfart

Anyone ever jump this camera?It's a super 16mm camera that takes a 200 foot load.Seems perfect for skydive cinematography. Oldfart

Hi Gravity Addicts! Been out of the sport too damn long!Got the bug again.Just found out there is finally a DZ in Jax.,Fl.Not an hour away but in Jax.Finally!Anyone here jump there? Just wanted to say Hi. Oldfart