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Boogie not mentioned here. We barged in from AU to be welcomed with open arms and some of the best skydives ever. Thank you x

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Hi Dale, I'm afaid you have answered your own question there. Anyone with a spare $15m under the mattress could set one of these up. $AU looking pretty good at the moment but still a pricey option to import the US technology. If it happens here, Gold Coast is probably the likely location. It is a possibility, but don't hold your breath.

I did a bit more searching last night, seems like AZ could be the go!

Certainly looks that way at the moment! Virgin are also kicking off a new service to the USA too No tunnel time so far. This will be a first!!! Oh shame, more beer!

We are looking for maybe 10 hours freestye tunnel time late this year/early next year. Any suggestions?? Malaysia is obviously closest but are we better off coming to the US? Any help appreciated

www.deepseedskydiving.co.nz

It is awesome. Attach to helmet, line the bugger up. Autofocus, sports mode, 18mm and off you go. OK so the camera may take a fraction of a second to focus but its WAY good enough for me. I have had some awsome results with it on the ground, under canopy and in freefall. Exits are great, just chomp on the switch!! If you know what you are doing with a camera, chances are this thing will make you look even better

Here is a different opinion! New canopies are a PITA to pack and if you are going for new gear too, you will notice the damage when you stack it a few times! Find yourself an older set of gear with a safire2/sabre2/pilot and put a heap of jumps on it. Easier to pack, won't matter when you land on your arse and you should be able to sell it for about the same $$ in 6 months or a years time. Chances are you will want to downsize around the same sort of time too! My 2 cents worth!!

Deepseed in NZ sell them www.deepseedskydiving.co.nz I have one on my 400d, awesome I just have a UN quickshoe on my hat. (AU$50). Took it apart and drilled 4 holes in the base plate. Secured with 4 bolts/locking nuts and a metal plate inside. Seems pretty rock solid. If you want luxury, check out the liquid mount from cookie composites. Saw a few at Equinox last week, they look the dogs bollox! www.cookiecomposites.com

Cheers for the offer Dave! It's safely strapped to my hat now, had to relocate the bear to the side though!

Picked the beast up yesterday. Bl00dy hell, this thing is an animal!!! I thought our Olympus 3030 was the dogs bollox. Weather forecast says wind this weekend so looks like some ground based learning is in order, thinking of taking a course too. I haven't used an SLR for decades! Have done a search and seems like the sports setting on autofocus seems to work OK. It will only be for shots of the boss doing freestyle and fun jumps. What's the verdict??

How did it go? I reckon I have found a storming deal for the 400. Twin lens kit, (Big zoomy thing for land based stuff), 2gig card, 2 UV filters & carry bag for AU$1750. Not jumping this weekend but would be

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Better off telling Sony to fu(k off and get another camera! Mine seems to be behaving at the moment and has temporarily saved itself from life with the children! Just a thought? Have you tried running a cleaning tape through it?

Sure, I'll do it over the weekend

Mine gets used for non skydiving stuff too, (Sometimes!!), so wanted to keep the strap. I undo the velcro and take the strap out of the metal loop. The strap wraps comfortably around the top/side of the camera in the box and holds it nice and snug without the need of a camera screw. A bit fiddly but works if you want to keep the strap. Shout if you want a pic.

This is the sweetest post I have read for a while and brightens up an otherwise sh!t week. Thankyou Bought this week, I have a camera shoe, bite switch and ring sight sitting in my gear bag waiting for a 350d. I was going to try and find one next week. I reckon those bits of kit may just be staying off my helmet for another few weeks!!

Biased point of view here from a bloke whose SO is also freestyle team partner. You need to sort your stuff out ASAP. Personally I would tell her to sort out her attitude or fu(k off.

I picked up a quick shoe from a camera shop in town yesterday for AU$50. More compact than the Goldmember and less than 1/3 of the price. Shout if you want a pic

More the use of symphonies but probably something remixed. The boss didn't go for the Samuel Barber track at all I'm afraid, I'll have another rummage about tonight. Thanks for the help

Cheers for the advice Dave, I had thought of maybe a bit of Edith Piaf type stuff, maybe need to have a punt about with good old kaz@@, I mean buy a few CDs!! BannanaGirl, You could be on the right track there, I will check those out tonight cheers

I'm normally into Euro trance type stuff for my videos but don't really think it suits freestyle. I'm kind of thinking maybe something classical but don't really know where to start!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. And yes! I have done a search

I'm normally into Euro trance type stuff for my videos but don't really think it suits freestyle. I'm kind of thinking maybe something classical but don't really know where to start!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. And yes! I have done a search and posted this in photography & video.

I have an HC20 that doesn't want to go to sleep sometimes. No memory stick in the HC20 but the camera light flashes sometimes when the camera is off. With the Cam-eyeII plugged in, you turn the camera off using the cam eye and, bing bong, blue light again! Tried the reset also, no joy. If you find a solution to this, I am all ears. My solution involves clicking the battery in as part of my gear up at 3 mins. Unclicking it on landing.