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  4. rtroup

    The best way to get time there is to go with someone who has a membership. People with memberships can book at 750hr. I think they have a skydiver rate of 800hr. But you have to book in hour blocks for that rate. Start booking less and the price goes up per minute. Also have to bring your own spacing.

    You'd be better off posting in this FB group if you're looking for time
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/434732646574411/?ref=br_tf




    Thanks for the info...what do you mean by bring your own spacing?

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    Who's going?

    I know Scotty Burns, myself and DSE will be there.

    Who's going and more importantly who's up for a few cocktails at night?

    That is all...
    -Trunk



    Hey Trunk,

    I owe you a drink for hooking me up with getting my Hypeye.

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    Who's going?

    I know Scotty Burns, myself and DSE will be there.

    Who's going and more importantly who's up for a few cocktails at night?

    That is all...
    -Trunk



    I'll be there. Leaving tonight. Would love to grab a drink with you guys.

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    Side subject,

    Adding to one of the 20 or so existing CX100/CX105 threads also would have been nice:P
    Also makes it easier for people using the search function in the future...one thread with all info/questions on this camera..



    Maybe...but i figured this was probably not camera specific and possibly had to do more with adding the wide angle.

    Anywho, thanks for the other responses. I'll give those a try.

  15. I added a Century .55x to the CX100 and when I manually focus to infinity, it is out of focus. I have to focus back in until things come back into focus, which is hard to see on the small lcd screen. Is there any scientific way or tricks for manually focusing with the wide angle lens on the CX100?

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    I have some footage shot in a low light recording studio that is broadcast quality. This camera is pretty impressive for what it is.

    As for fast movement I'm not so sure, but I'm still working on figuring out my issues with that.



    Could you let me know what setting you have it on?



    I think for that footage everything was probably set to factory defaults as far as I can remember. Not 100% sure what slow shutter was set to. But believe me, I was pretty impressed for that being some of the first footage I saw. Make sure you a viewing your stuff on a good interlaced hd monitor.

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    How are you setting it up? Put it to EASY and see if you still hate it.
    HD isn't DV; it is ALWAYS noisier on small chip cams, and of course, the noise is more visible. But in reasonable light (Lux values are meaningless in small cams) this cam performs on par with everything else in its class. Better, actually.


    I've tried easy, manual, slow shutter. Just seams very noisy. I don't know much about cameras, never the less it seems not to have the HD quality inside.:(


    I have some footage shot in a low light recording studio that is broadcast quality. This camera is pretty impressive for what it is.

    As for fast movement I'm not so sure, but I'm still working on figuring out my issues with that.

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    Your camera is probably shaking, and you are likely seeing the alternate frame interlacing. I get that too when I use only a (low quality) mount and nothing else. To prevent it from happening, anchor the lens as well. I use an actual bracket on my HC1 and a simple 'lump' on my helmet under the lens of my CX100 so it has something to rest on.



    Yeah I think I'm going go back to my original thought of the camera shake. I'm going to start by putting a strap around the camera to pull it tight against the top of my mount.

    BTW billvon, what kind of settings did you use to render out those sample cx100 videos?

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    does all your footage look like this?



    Well watching back from camera to TV I originally noticed a slight shake mainly around bodies during freefall, which made me think my cam was moving ever so slightly. Unfortunately as far as I can tell, I can't move frame by frame on camera to really see what it looks like.

    After converting files today to uncompressed quicktimes, and going through them frame by frame, I am seeing that horrible ghosting. I agree that some of the footage that has been posted is looking pretty damn good. Maybe my conversion made my original shake even more noticeable?? I not using a pc, so right now I have do convert these so I can view them. Perhaps I'll mess with some other conversion settings.

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    Hi all

    Just curious the videos Bomb420 posted on youtube looked like it was filmed next to a strobe light, Im sure there is a term for it but looked like there was multiple images round the people. do you think it was the settings or maybe the faster movements of freeflying? Or is it really not there and its just cause Im watching it on youtube?



    I know exactly what you are referring to. After reviewing my first day of jumps using this camera, I am starting to think that this camera isn't the great skydive camera which we were hoping it was. I was originally thinking that my camera might be shaking a bit due to being top mounted using only a quick release and the one screw into the bottom of the camera. But all my video has a horrible ghosting/doubling or tripling the image. (see attached pic) Again, I thought this might be from the wind shaking the cam, but I even see this result before exit.

    I'm not sure this camera can handle any quick movement. Unless I have some setting set incorrectly? I didn't have steadyshot activated, but this does not appear to be something steadyshot could fix.

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    Yes i have a wide angle lens 0.3. Now i have made a camera condom that fits perfect, and i have glued neoprene on the helmet top, so no sliding is possible on the helmet.... lets see if it works :|



    Well that rules out the open lens thought. Let me know how it goes. Would love to see the condom. Did you make it yourself?

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    I jumped the camera on a top mount without any case or condom. Maybe this the cause for shaking?



    Seems like we both have similar setup and similar shake issues. Hopefully it's just a matter of securing the cam a little better. Did you have a filter lens on the front or just the open camera lens? I have no filter. Not sure if wind on the open camera lens would cause shaking?

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    did someone noticed shaking problems with that camera?

    I have jumped the past weekend and now i am noticing shaking problems on my videos. Two jumps were filmed one sit flying, and the other one belly. Both has little shaking, that i didnt notice on my old camerea a sony trv 33.

    Any idea??



    I'm getting that shaking issue, but I'm really hoping that I just need to secure the camera a bit more. Only using a quick release mount with the one screw going into the bottom of camera. Going to try and stap the cam down next. There's only slight movement if I put side to side pressure on the cam, but this might be causing the shake.

  • I love the simple mounting method that I used to mount my cx100, which is a top mount using the quick shoe plate. However I jumped the camera a few times and it's not looking that great. It appears to have a slight bit of shake to the video. I am trying to narrow down the cause. Since the camera is mounted to the plate by just the one screw and that mounting hole is offset on the bottom of the camera, the camera will lift up very slightly on one side if I apply side to side pressure. I think this is mainly due to the offset and there not being equal pressure applied on both sides of the camera when you tighten the screw.

    I'm going to try and put a strap around the camera so I can tighten it down more and eliminate the movement I'm hoping that solves my issues.

    I don't have a filter on the camera yet...could the wind blowing in the lens cause this shake?