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thats true. but an investment in a camera setup will pay itself off rather quickly. i paid mine off in 2 months. a tandem rating isnt a large outlay of cash but will pay itself off in 1 month. i figure on getting mine this spring with income tax money. speaking of taxes we are getting over 5,000 back just because we have a cash buisness (skydiving) the deductions are incredible. camera equip.,repacks,reserve rides with lost handles (oops :)),"training jumps", jumpsuits, the list is endless. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

I am trying to find out how much strong charges per jump in their tandem lease program. I cant seem to find the info on their website. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

4) I believe a new AFFI should not be signed off to do solo AFF until after being signed off by an AFF Mentor, and only after a minimum of 25, 2 Instructor dives with that AFF Mentor.Quote Thats right, lets make it so that only those that have plenty of disposable income can become aff instructors. The only reason I dont have an aff rating is the fact that I am unwilling to take food off the table for a rating that will not create a return on the initial investment. figure the cost of taking 2 weeks off work and the course fee and what you are paid per jump as an aff instructor. Do it for the love of the sport? I would like to do that, however that is impossible, There are others such as myself and my wife that work in the sport for the sole purpose of being able to afford skydiving in the first place. It also is supplemental income to sustain us through the offseason when we rely on our pitiful small checks from our real jobs. the joy of teaching students is a great offshoot but without the income from doing it we wouldnt be able to teach in the first place. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

I need to know what system requirments are for premier. I am building a unit out of an older box and want to keep as much of the hardware as possible. this would be strictly a video editing puter.. I already figured i would have to use windows xp as an os. but what chip is acceptable? ram? min harddrive space? _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

Do have your extra battery on a charger. check your zoom, constantly. deploy stable. buy the extended warrenty. learn where your ponting that thing instinctively, move your eyes not your head. you should be able to look at other stuff (student altimeter on a tandem, the shadows on tandem to make sure of lighting,other traffic,ie. second camera person) all while getting a tight face shot on the tandem student. dont buy a floor model (trust me). take your cam up in heavy moisture or rain. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

Several people from our frozen drop zone are running around Florida. Perhaps you should hang on to your credits. I know these people, you may need the extra. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

I'm in awe of that move. Clay Bonevito, the concession owner can do that 2 feet from the passenger's face, keeping them perfectly framed throughout the roll. The roll takes a fraction of a second. Awesome, and great freakin video. *** I used to do that on exit form a 182. I would go off hanging from door, the barrel roll counter rotating the tandems roll. Always kept them in frame and would get the shot of plane in background. However while this move will impress your freinds at the dz it does nothing for the customer. they have no idea whats going on in the video or how you got that shot. I have found my best exit shot to be simply underneath and on my back. It provides great vid of the tandem with the plane in background "leaving us" _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

great idea. let me know when its up. ill d/l one of mine _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

ok. my 2 cents. I shoot 8-10 minutes of film. gearing up &interview outside the hanger talking to thier freinds while i circle with slow shutter on. walk to airplane takeoff out the window or windshield in the plane. overlaps of alti to window(clouds and or ground) panning to student hookup and "last words" climbout. (since our k.a. broke down the rest is strictly 182 methods) i typically climb all the way out on strut, hands toward wing and feet on far edge of step. on exit i kick out with left foot and end up underneath them on my back for the exit shot. aircraft is in background. i the transition into whatever body position i need to depending on time it takes to get drouge out (either belly or head down). i used to do counter rotating barrel rolls on exit which was really cool to the other skydivers but added nothing to the student. I put a lot of effort into the exit as this is the most exciting part to the student. i slow mo exit then slow rewind and replay at normal speed. freefall from a 182 is short. get in fast. i slow mo a good face shot up close then back off a little to get some background. not much time for fooling around. i slo mo opening some of my canopy ride and landing. (never know when your gonna screw up a landing and get that "year end video" footage) thier landing and interview fading into sun behind windflag and fade to black. theres a few other little things i do such as filming some of my favorite skydiving sayings which are cut scenes during gear up and post jump interview. i made my own trailer showing some of the in air antics of experianced jumpers. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

hmmm thought everyone had the customer watch the editing. we have several editing stations that are not seperated from the general hanger population in any way. I love the way they make their oh my god comments and laugh. i dont shoot what im not using so its easy to edit. just add music. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

wow! seems this thread has broken into 2 themes. ejection and systems. im no jennings or mcgowen (sp) so ill just let you know i have a little over 700 jumps, 350 are camera jumps. I use a protec. laugh if you want but its cheap, fits tight on my head and is easily ejected. I have cut off the chin strap and sewn that to the two straps near the snaps. one tug and bye bye system. my still system is jacked in at the rear of my helmet (hand switch) and will easily unplug at 10-15 pounds of force. as long as the helmet fits good, a more expensive one wont shoot better video. I use a trv11. It has all the features i want and are readily accessble (sp) somthing i cant say for the more expensive trv's. my still is a canon rebel x i picked up at a pawn shop then promptly doubled my expense when i purchased a 22-55 mm zoom lens. I have it taped down at about 23 mm. my sight is the basic orange disc. I had a concentric sight but sold it as i do not look through the sight but merely use it as a referance point. i shoot where i look. this setup shoots excellant quality film. suitable for televison. the rebel shoots film suitable for magazines. i would like to know what a more expensive setup would do for me.... no really. am i missing somthing? as far as makes of video cams go its sony all the way. a friend has a trv17 that was attached to paramount superlight. an unstable deployment caused a riser snag on his ejection handle. bye bye helmet. after finding the system we were able to watch the film of its descent from 3,000ft. the helmet didnt fare so well. this same trv was promptly mounted on another helmet and worked perfectly. there was also a pro trac in the helmet and terminal velocity for this system is 64 mph. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

The protec works just fine. make it tight with larger pads. If you think a more expensive helmet will shoot better vid there is a problem. _______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time"