skydiver51 0 #1 February 28, 2001 I am currently talking with a company to produce a mini remote to mount in front of mini DV camcorders to activate the still picture function. It would be controled with a bite switch. I need to get an idea of the interest out there among camera flyers. Please leave a post here or at my e-mail skydiver51@aol.com. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alias 0 #2 February 28, 2001 Although I am not up to speed to jump cameras yet, I do hang with the C-Flyers at my DZ. This subject came up last Fall around the fire.YES! There is interest! We have about 20-30 C-Flyers that are also trying to shoot digital stills. GREAT IDEA!Cloudless Skies for ALL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver51 0 #3 February 28, 2001 The problem i'm having is keeping the cost down. The company i'm talking to is in Europe. I haven't had much luck with companies here in the US. But keep an eye on this forum and I will put the word out when I come up with a remote.Blues Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viper 0 #4 March 1, 2001 That would be a great addition. I jump with a mini DV and have been experimenting capturing stills off of video, but it requires replay of video, pause or freeze frame, then shoot it on memory stick. It works great but the quality might be better if the stills were recorded direct instead of shooting off of tape. Good luck on your search. Include me as an interested user of the remote. Someday maybe I can dis-mount my 35mm. I'll be adding a (still off video), to the photo section later on of a three way zipper in the center of a pyramid of light beams from the sun reflected off the lense Over the new Oak Island NC DZ with ocean background. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #5 March 10, 2001 What's the point? Most Mini DV cameras can grab any frame from the video and turn it into a picture. Furthermore, minidvs which take pictures take a few seconds to actually write the image to the memory stick or what not.. Before I got my PC5 i was really interested in such a thing, but now that I know how the PC5 works - it would actually be more of a hinderance. just my opinion tho.I haven't played with the other DVs, but I know about sony. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver51 0 #6 March 11, 2001 With your PC5 it may produce a sharp pic with the capture mode. But with my JVC grdvm 90 I can't get a real sharp pic. You can check out some pics I captured and see how clear they are. www.community.webshots.com/user/skydiver51 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magic7s 0 #7 April 8, 2001 I would buy it in a heart beat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyfly 0 #8 March 21, 2003 Well, with todays technology, and todays DVcams still resolution - I wouldnt jump high to get such a gadget, when you compare a 640*480 still from miniDV to a 6.3 Megapixels of Canon or Nikon digital SLRs... there is QUITE a difference, and I believe that photographers would go with the higher end resolution (a hunch) - but as for a future development it sounds like a great idea (when miniDV will actually have a 6.3megapixels capability of stills...... )Be Simple, Be Creative, Bee! Sharon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #9 March 21, 2003 If it could write to the memory stick 'on the fly' it might be useful, otherwise won't you have to stop taping then take your still, then start taping again?.... I dunno, I don't have a still facility on my cams.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prost 0 #10 March 21, 2003 Unless they have changed the way the sony cameras work on the new models, they will not record to the memory while they are recording to tape. Some JVC models have this function but they are much less popular in skydiving than Sony. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyguy 0 #11 March 22, 2003 My new pc101 happily captures onto the mem stick while the video is running. Can't say much for image qual, compared to a dig. cam though. ---------------------------- bzzzz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #12 November 30, 2003 My sharp takes video full time , and when i get to the computer i firewire it to hard drive and the software can take any frame and make it a pic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
docjohn 0 #13 December 1, 2003 I believe the same goes for the Sony PC-105. You can capture a still image to memory stick during playback. Capturing an image "live" doesn't improve the quality above capture from tape (and yes, the quality is lacking). (at least that's my experience. You can shoot me down if I'm wrong) So the remote wouldn't do much for me. Doc http://www.manifestmaster.com/video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
