FFlyer 0 #1 December 24, 2007 So my Sony HC42 has packed up and im battling to find a new dv camera to buy,...there just aren't any around. They're all dvd, memory etc. Plus the few DV cams around are all HD and too big to side mount (especially considering as I have an FF2 helmet). And too expensive for what im willing to pay. Im really stuck. What'sout there at the moment for roughly $600, is suitable for skydiving, and is roughly the same size as an hc42? I thought the hc96 looked good but it is 2 7/8" (72mm) accross which wont fit in my FF2. It doesn't have to be sony, I just need something to replace my hc42 and I seem to have run out of options. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #2 December 24, 2007 Why not just get another HC40/42. They are cheap and will keep you going. Let the camera manufactures figure out where they are going and give the helmet makers a chance to catch up. You can pick up an HC40/42 for less then $200 on ebay.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #3 December 24, 2007 It's called...... used on ebay!you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FFlyer 0 #4 December 24, 2007 Yeah I might end up having to do something like that. It's just not my first choice as I live in South Africa and buying things on ebay and getting them here can be quite a mission. But yeah, its an option. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #5 December 24, 2007 Quote I live in South Africa and buying things on ebay and getting them here can be quite a mission. No problems mate, just send us your money in cashier check and we'll get it for you and ship it to your home for you, noooooooo problem.you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #6 December 24, 2007 Quote Quote I live in South Africa and buying things on ebay and getting them here can be quite a mission. No problems mate, just send us your money in cashier check and we'll get it for you and ship it to your home for you, noooooooo problem. Almost Strat, you have to have his shipper come get it and for it to sent to his client. Isn't that how it is done?50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #7 December 24, 2007 Hey if you want to handle the return shipping, that's fine whit me. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FFlyer 0 #8 December 25, 2007 Well thanks for the, um, advice. Guess it looks like there are no options other than to go for second hand. Looks like there are going to be some serious changes needed for skydivers/camera equipment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #9 December 25, 2007 Don't like ebay (don't blame you)...Try Amazon.com. No auction, just pay their price (not bad, actually). Here's the link I found. New and Used available there. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-DCR-HC42-Digital-Handycam-Camcorder/dp/B0007M3PKS Merry Christmas! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #10 December 25, 2007 Ok all kidding aside, while I do agree with you that doing a ebay transaction can be a risk and more so if the deal is out side your country. However, I think that the people we see posting in a panic about the lack of lanc are making too much out of nothing. The more things change the more they stay the same, there will always be the small sub-set of users who will find the changes to a new model as a bad thing, many skydive camera operators have come up knowing nothing but the best as S.O.P. and have become spoiled, not knowing anything else, they start to cry about choices they made and the choices they face in the future, without seeing the long term and only seeing their short sighted view. As in the past as technologies made the fast and huge leap in the smaller and lighter world of the last 10 years, a need was there, so someone came up with a way to use the features built in to suit their "special needs" if it's not a everyday consumer or broadcast tool or feature, you can count on it lasting only a few models or years, because it will be made better and change or something else new will replace it, again leading to someone not being happy. For as cheap as you can find used HC- whatevers on ebay for, hell a guy could get two and have one for a back up at those prices, or even score a nice HC-1, 3 or 5 for a "new" camera and those have a lanc port on them. The market is flooded with all kinds of lanc port units and it will be many a year before those all dry up and even then there will always be those dust collectors that are for the most part never used that will show up for sale. You guys all need to chill the fuck out man, it's not the end of the world, if it's that big of a deal to have one then you shouldn't be a tight ass and fork over the big bucks and go pro, so you can have those features today, don't worry about the future, it will be here when it get's here and there is nothing you can do about it, unless your the next person to see a need and fill it with the latest and greatest super cool fancy ass wireless burnout your eyeball record'n light gizmo, then you too can make a few millon bucks to blow on hookers and starting your own clubhouse bar for wayword adult delinquent society dropouts, dressed up as a dropzone. It's all in how you look at it dude, try to see the bigger picture here and not be so narrow minded. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
