JohnRet

It's a pity nature can't focus ;)

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About 1025 jumps.

I know one with 1026 jumps, must be someone else :(

Unless you're doing tandem video, then I'd stick with the 35mm for now.

There's nothing stopping you switching to digital if you need to in the future.

Stick the 35mm on and play around with it, you might find it's perfect for what you're doing. Or you might start to see the advantages of digital.

An advantage is that you have the pictures in your hand after they've been developed, they're tangible.

Whereas, when they're stored on a computer, you actually have to go thorugh the effort of having them printed.

Digital will win every argument though, it's just a case of if you can afford it :)

Awesome stuff.

Tell them to smile on exit!

Apart from the Hilarious* part, it's a pretty cool video.



* Not funny at all.....

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Only jumped my new camera once:

How do you know that it stops working as soon as you hit the airstream?

Try making a camera condom, see if that helps.

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You're using an aperture of f11, too. Try around 6.

This is going to do two things though. The larger aperture will decrease the depth of field. If he is still using auto focus that wont make as big of difference but it could add more blur.

Which is why I said

"Use Manual focus, back the lens down to it's widest, then focus on somehting on the ground, which is the same distance as you'll be shooting at in the air. "

100 for daytime, up to 400 for sunset.

Senn as I had the same camera and lens; try these settings.

in TV mode, set the shutter speed to around 250 / 300. Depending on how bright the sky is. Take a few practice shots of the sky from the ground and see what you like best. I wouldn't go anywhere below 250, that's blur territory.

Use Manual focus, back the lens down to it's widest, then focus on somehting on the ground, which is the same distance as you'll be shooting at in the air.

As someone else said, don't keep your tongue presed down on the switch, focus on taking individual shots.

Also, put a couple of elastic bands / tape around the zoom and focus on the lens, the focus gets knocked and moved about easily on the kit lens.

Then come back and tell us how it's going

You're using an aperture of f11, too. Try around 6.

Let's hope so, it started off shit.

Oh, nice one.

That's meant to be a B with a tail.

It is actually fuβall which is German for football.

Pronounced foozball. So it's not really an Americanism.

trIpod

He didn't have to pull his fucking pants down....

Alright Gary.

Are these things on every legend R, or are they an option?

I hate RSLs!

You could always glue a small piece of mirror to your alti.

Thanks, but I already have a stroboframe.

I think I'm just going to have to live with it for the meanwhile.

Surely if I'm going to be switching between camera on or off, it would make sense to use the stroboframe.

Well, I'll not be using it as a camera helmet on every jump. So I'd prefer to have it snag-free for the majority of my jumps.

I have a Cookie helmet, the Mxv....

And a stroboframe to mount my stills.

The trouble is, the flat-top on the cookie isn't wide enough to fit my stroboframe. I don't want anything hanging over the edges of the flat-top.

So does anyone use their stroboframe mounted lengthways?

Or has anyone got a solution to this, any other ideas?

Cheers.
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