staticline 0 #1 May 15, 2002 Have a new PC9 with D box and mindwarp helmet. Any advice as far as mounting, lenses, or anything you've learned from experience is appreciated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookit 0 #2 May 17, 2002 Okay...since no one else responded (due, I'm sure, to the fact that no specific questions were asked) I'll give it a go. I have a PC9 mounted to a Bonehead Half Rak using a PC5 D box. It's worked great so far.I use a Kenko .45 wide angle lens and have been pleased with that but now that I'm starting to shoot RW and I may go with a .6 to allow me to back off the formation a bit and still get a tight shot.I got one of the camera guys at my dz to help me mount the D box and I definitely recommend you find someone with experience to give you a hand. Also Bonehead has a pretty comprehensive set of instructions on how to mount the D box and it's certainly worth reading.When you're drilling the helmet be CERTAIN that your camera is nowhere near. The carbon fiber elements can do horrible, evil things to the circuitry in the camera.Another trick I learned from someone here is to pre-blank your tapes before recording. Just put the new tape in the camera, leave the lens cap on, and record over the whole new tape. The reason for this is that the camera places a time signature on each frame it records and if there are gaps in this then the time signature starts over at 0. This makes editing a serious pain in a#! and you can avoid it by simply pre-recording over each tape.That's all I can think of at the moment. If you have specific questions feel free to post. Have fun and be safe! -Trey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #3 May 17, 2002 Safety nazi hat ---ONBe sure you can cut it away, using one hand, preferably a single cutaway point.Try and minimise snag points, become familiar with duct or gaffer tape, Use an audible, preferably two, Freeflying needs a different camera angle than that used for tandems, RW etc, it also needs a wider angle lens.Safety nazi hat---OFFHave fun, film everything, learn to edit like the wind, log your tapes so you can find the 'good stuff' later.CyaD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
