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  1. I've been working with a couple of the publishers, and I have convinced 2 of them to release youtube copyright claims on some your Adrenalize compilation tracks. It appears some of the artists sold the rights to more than one publisher. Hope this helps your sales.

    Slim

  3. To make it really useful have it audio record the debrief over the slow motion / paused / rewound playback and record the resultant video for the student to take home. I do this using screencap software and VLC. The resulting video isn't high res, but it is valuable for the student to review the feedback later.

  4. Another big vote for Swoopware. Mick Hardy is very responsive in bug fixing and open to new ideas. I've asked for and received several improvement to workflow that made importing pics easier. Now I just need to find a way to stop youtube from flagging the royalty free music incorrectly...

    Blues,
    Slim

  6. At the family's request, I've started http://jimhorak.last-memories.com for collecting condolences and memories and photos. Please pass this on, especially to those who don't use facebook. For those that do use facebook, Jim's page is here: http://www.facebook.com/jim.horakjr

    Thanks,
    Slim

  7. Timber already posted an incident thread, so I'll lead off here. Jim was much more than the sum of all the many hats he wore. His accomplishments are too numerous to list here. He was and always will be a true friend and brother. My heart goes out to his family and friends. Please help collect some memories here for them.

    Blue Skies Brother Jim,
    Slim
    [:/]

  9. Interesting. The times I found mine locked under canopy, I was able to cycle power and then the switch worked fine, so I think the plug position can be ruled out. If the switch uses only 2 conductors, could a different plug with a non-conducting 3rd ring eliminate that possibility altogether?

  10. I'd thought of firmware too, and I'm pretty sure mine are both up to date. I'm going to check when I get back to the dz Sat. My auto shutoff is set to 15 minutes, and I only turn the camera on just prior to jump, so I don't think that's the issue. Appreciate all the brainstorming though.

  11. You know, I had soft focus problems starting with my original XT, and the Xti both with the stock lens. I started using autofocus and AI Servo to solve those issues. I agree about humidity - it should affect all canon's equally, but that seems not the case. It couldn't hurt to try neoprene though, as Bill Von mentioned. I'm just pretty disgusted with the whole thing now, but I'll probably try some neoprene and yet another brand of card. As a fallback, I'm going to also mount my gopro and have those as backups. The video frame grab stills from my setup are only 640x480. Anyone know how the CX-based stills turn out?

  12. Neither one is under warranty unfortunately. I thought maybe it was altitude related as well, but that doesn't explain why it's intermittent. Nor does it explain the issues ground level folks (see google search above) have had. I'm beginning to think it's a design flaw, and stressing the casing (pressure changes?) makes it happen.

  17. Don't have them in front of me, but will verify. Nothing else consistent. The xt and xti used CF cards, and the xs SD. No one else at the dz has these issues, though they use the same units. I had the same thought about slow cards, but if that were true, I should be able to replicate the behavior by just holding the shutter on full. It just slows down once the buffer fills, and doesn't lock up. During freefall I shoot intermittently, and only shoot continuous on exits and openings. The problem seemed to get worse on the xti over time, and finally I bought the xs. If a cable did short, shouldn't that just fill the card?

  18. AF, Shutter priority 1/500s, ISO (100-400 depending on lighting), everything else on defaults. Haven't been able to view the display since I have to reset the camera and get some landing approach shots. I forgot to add that it happened on my original Rebel XT as well. I've used about 4 different cables with the various models. I have not been able to reproduce the lockups on the ground.

  19. I've had 2 different Rebel models - xti and now xs lockup in freefall, usually mid jump. I've used different tongue and bite switches, and different model CF and SD cards. Even different lens makes (canon & sigma). Once the camera locks up, even shutter presses won't unfreeze it. Only cycling the power switch resets the unit. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks.

  20. Tater had an infectious laugh and silly wit. He was as thorough a jumper as he was goofy. And he was always willing to help out a friend. I'll miss his silliness, and the world is slightly less fun that he's gone.

    Blue skies, black death,
    Slim
    :(

  21. Quote

    Adam (dont remember your dz.com name)
    Bolas
    Chaoskitty
    CSpenceFLY
    Dbattman [<-- Not digging any damn ditches]
    FallingOsh
    goofyjumper
    hisgoofyness
    HUSHPUPPY
    JUMPINGBEAN001
    jumpchikk
    kelel01
    Lauraliscious
    Lil'Zilla
    MicDuran
    missg8tordivr (she's coming whether she likes it or not)
    Popsjumper
    Psycho Bob
    Revillusion
    Rigger the Wonder Dog
    Rkymtnhigh
    Scotty and Tami C. ? (working on a blue sky flu weekend)
    Skinnyshrek
    skyedivr
    Skydave
    Slim (will load org for food)
    teamjenn1
    The_Don & jeannier
    Timber

    I'll bring some tarps. Don't have the screw downs though.