Flan

I imagine they are not too heavy, are they?

Iwan, I forgot to ak you if it´s really necesary to use a quick release bracket for the still camera such as the new BH goldmember, is it? What are my choices? Flan

I´m working with a limited budget so for know I´ll stick to the rebel. I´ll let you know how it turns out and maybe I´ll contact you again for photography tips....that is if you wanna share any.... Flan

Cool pictures. I think I´ll go for it and get the Rebel -body only- and that lense. As you said, the fisheye effect is not very strong. Thanks for sharing Iwan! Flan

Iwan, could you share a couple of pictures taken with your sigma lense? Thanks.

For skydiving, I normally jump my Sigma 15mm Fisheye (the fisheye effect is almost gone on the digital rebel.. ) Is that the one in the previously posted picture?

Nice camera setup. What lenses are you using on your rebel and what do you usually shoot at? Flan

QuoteI'm not sure what you mean with Ring sight bracket.. I currently have a BH DaBomb with a BH carbon fiber ring sight bracket which extends to the front and holds the sight. Regarding the FT Pro, I was thinking of doing the same and this time with the schumacher articulating ring sight bracket, ever heard of it? I´d like to know if it would work just fine on the FT. Flan

I´m checking out a Lexar Media 1GB 80x Flash Card to be used with the Rebel. What do you think of that one? Please advice. Flan

I was wondering which is the best ring sight bracket to install on a FT Pro? Any comments? Any pictures maybe? Flan

What about memory cards, which would you recomend for the rebel? Flan

When it comes to getting a new digital still camera, which is the most popular choice of cameraflyers? Is it the Canon Rebel EOS 6.3MP? Flan

I can see your point, but in this case there was a pre-established landing order and also pulling altitudes and this guy didn´t respect neither of those two things. Besides, it doesn´t make any sense spiralling down to catch up -and fly among- with smaller canopies that are lower than you and preparing to land. Flan

To all of you -small canopy owners- out there. A week ago I was training with my 4way team at the north of Chile (Arica City). There we were sharing a CASA with the Chilean Army team while both teams were being coached. On every load my team exited first since we had the smallest canopies (mine is a Velocity 90) and therefore we had to be the first ones landing. But in one of the loads one of the military guys -flying a Factor 130- started to make spiralling turns to lose altitude and suddenly appeared flying a little lower at my left side at really close range. At the moment I was flying at 700ft and preparing my self to make my front riser left turn. There were 3 alternatives: 1.- Make the turn without knowing when he was going to make his and risking to crash him from above....not very healthy for neither of us. 2.- Make a right turn, which was not "possible" since a left pattern entrance was stablished for every jump since the begining of the camp and there were 7 other canopies entering from the right. 3.- Continue flying and make an upwind landing with over 9 knots of wind. In the split seconds that I had to make a decision a took #3 and after a few secs I found my self straggling to maintain a good flare but at the end I had drop the landing gear and of course I couldn´t keep up with the high speed so I fuc......fell and smashed my self on the desert. Thank god nothing happened to me -besides an ego fracture- I´m pretty confident that I took the right decision but I´m opened to any remarks that anyone out there may have. My message is: Always respect the order of landing and traffic patterns. Never try to catch up with a smaller canopy, NEVER. In short: always keep in mind and put to practice the most basic rules of skydiving, no matter how experienced you may think you are. Flan

Pretty much everything....tandems, freefly, RW, etc. I´m checking out the Rebel and it is quite expensive I might add. But I´m sure it´s worth it. Thanks for the help buddie.