VideoFly 0 #26 September 2, 2012 Quoteyes you are talking about camera flyers that started 10 years ago with Old Heavy Setups. These days shit's so light you will be fine, esp. since parachute opening have become softer and more predictable than your sabre or nova or fury or other old crap you were jumping with your Old Heavy Setup Yes, my old Sabre, overbuilt helmet, Hi 8 video, and 35mm were heavy, but they weren’t crap. They were state-of-the-art back then. Just as new lighter equipment is state-of-the-art now. In ten years, video flyers may look at you and your gear as crap as they film in different and safer ways. Crap is a relevant term. Be safe and keep it all in perspective. QuoteYour setup in that picture probably weighs more than some harness and containers jumped these days. My point exactly. Be careful. The gear you jump today may be considered prohibitively heavy in a few years. Any weight on your head can be a problem in skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vincemoore88 0 #27 September 2, 2012 Matt. The weight of my Cannon T2i is 1lb 10oz Weight of my Sony HDR-CX 560 is 1lb 1 oz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5.samadhi 0 #28 September 2, 2012 QuoteMatt. The weight of my Cannon T2i is 1lb 10oz Weight of my Sony HDR-CX 560 is 1lb 1 oz is that with professional high quality glass??? The lenses I've seen for video are much much smaller than the glass for the rebels I've seen... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vincemoore88 0 #29 September 3, 2012 He weight of the cannon is stock and the Sony is with a stealth 0.5x <37mm> Royal lens Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davelepka 4 #30 September 3, 2012 QuoteHe weight of the cannon is stock By 'stock' you mean with the kit lens, yes? The body itself weighs in at 18 oz, with the kit lens coming in at about 7 oz, total weight just over 1.5 lbs. If you were shooting a 'good' lens, like a Canon 15mm, the overal weight would go up almost 1/4 lb a pound due to the good galss. Total weight then equals 1.75 lbs, or 3.5 lbs for a pair of them. If you compare that to one T21 with a 'good' lens, and your CX, you're looking at about 2.75lbs, or 3/4 lb lighter than two T2is. If you stick with the kit lens, the total weight is more like 2.5lbs, or a pound less than two T2is with the 'good' lenses. So what I'm saying is save yourself the extra 1 lb on your head, and huge price difference (the 15mm lenses are $600/ea. on a good day) and stick with what you have now for tandem work. You're providing a quality product for the $100 the customer spends, especailly when you factor in the costs for the slot and the cut the DZ gets. Ever try to hire a professional photographer on the ground for $100? Even without the slot cost or DZ cut, you're not going to get much for $100 out of a pro photographer on the ground, and they don't have to haul their gear around on their head through a freefall and deployment. With your jump numbers, focus your attention on your flying, framing, and lighting, and you can improve the quality of your work with your existing gear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #31 September 5, 2012 QuoteNorman Kent does. He may be a little crazy though, he was jumping a Red and a 5D at Summerfest.He's still jumping a Scarlet and a 5D... or was last weekend... He also has a CX100 on his helmet... The Scarlet and CX are on top and the 5D is mounted on the front (upside down).Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearless_chris 1 #32 September 8, 2012 He must be experimenting with the CX100. It sounded like he had never heard of one at Summerfest."If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
