Mindwarp cage advice needed

[jeiber 0]

I've got a Bonehead Mindwarp with a flat top, and need some advice on cages/brackets for mounting a video camera, a 35mm, and a Nikon Speedlight flash. I'd also like the option of mounting the 35mm vertically. Being able to have 2 35mm's would be ideal (horizontal & vertical), but isn't absolutely necessary.

This helmet will be dedicated for video. I already have the chincup w/ cutaway and flattop. I'm in the market for a new video camera, so I'm very flexible there.

Somebody posted a link to some pretty nice cages a while back, but I can't find the post...

Thanks!

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[AggieDave 6]

Honestly, with that big of a setup, you'll be much much happier buying something that sits on your head and has room like a FT. With that much weight you'll really have to crank the chincup down hard to keep everything from wobbling.

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[koz2000 1]

Why didn't you get the Optik? Anyways I'd put a PC style camera on the side with a bonehead box. With the flat-topper you can put the 35mm on a goldmember mount, then get a remote flash shoe to mount the flash. I'd get some help doing the flash. Bonehead's boxes are the industry's top box (IMHO). As far as cameras I'd look at Sony's PC-105, HC 20,30,40 series.
I'd get some hands on advice from someone who has mounted two 35mm before you do it. And as AggieDave said I wouldn't use that helmet for two stills. I'd be looking for something built for heavy camera loads.

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[lewmonst 0]

whoa, i gotta agree with aggiedave here, that's a lot to put on a mindwarp. Have you been jumping one camera at all? just video or just still? I would suggest you start with one thing at a time, starting with video. And put enough jumps on that set-up to be very familiar with it and and very proficient at flying the first camera. It's a lot to think about.

I started with a dbox and a pc5 on a mindwarp. I learned a lot, but grew to hate the set-up after a few hundred jumps on it and got an optik. It was better, but I am so happy i switched to a flat-top when i added a still. I know someone that jumps a video and still on a mindwarp, with lots of modifications... But he also has 8000 jumps on it and is a phenomenal skydiver. And he does not have a flash. I don't think it's worth the effort to try to mount a flash on a mindwarp... at that point, get a better suited helmet.

But again, starting with one camera is the safest way to go.

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[cloud_monkey 0]

Two 35mm cameras, a flash, and a video camera on a Mindwarp? Yeah, I'm diggin' this idea. Why not just use a Protec?

[jeiber 0]

I started off with the Mindwarp as my first helmet. I added the flattop, chincup, and cutaway when I started doing video with a TRV. I then added a bracket, and mounted a 35mm still (upside down).

I guess I wasn't very clear in my initial post. I don't want ALL those things on my camera at once. I would just like the ability to mount a flash, as well as the ability to mount the camera vertically. I wouldn't have two stills, video and flash all at the same time.

Reading over the posts, it looks like my best bet is a new helmet...

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[jeiber 0]

Yes, I started jumping with just the video camera, then I added a 35mm still after about 50 video jumps. No probs with video, kept people close and in frame. I only had a handful of vid+35mm jumps before I broke the mount for the still, so I'm not real proficient in framing subjects with the 35mm yet - just need practice.

Hmmm. Sounds like I need to save up for an Optik...

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