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I had heard the beach house is the way to go! How exactly do you find those? Planning on being there too.

Here's why you buy from Mike: I bought a new rig from him and started jumping it a boogie to which I had traveled. There was an issue with the reserve handle's fit that was only apparent after I put the rig on. It grounded me, so needless to say, I was frustrated with being away from home and no rig to jump. I called Mike at 5pm. He had already gone home, so he drove an hour to his shop, then, since UPS had already picked up, an hour the other way to the shipper's hub so I could have the new handle first thing in the morning. That's a rare level of service anywhere in today's world, and that's why his following is loyal.

They do-but of course that's optional. The only thing i really didnt like about the Xacti, which I forgot to mention, is it seems to have a battery saver function that you can't disable. You get 10 mins of on-time, even when recording, unless you push a button.

This reply is short because when i hit spell check on my reply 2 minutes ago, IE decided it needed to close and everything vaporized. I also need to preface these remarks with the fact that I'm just looking for an HD helmet cam for fun jumping, would like a picture better than Std Def, and am not a high level video pro trying taking 3d IMAX pictures from my helmet. That is to say, Im not worried about theoretical "this has higher bit rate than that." I judge subjectively about the overall quality of experience from filming to playback. I jumped 3 models this weekend:Sanyo Xacti, Panasonic SD7, and the Sony CX7. The Xacti won in my opinion:smallest, lightest, simplest to operate. best freeze frames, 2nd best color saturation, no stability issues. The PC1000 boxes are way too big-I used an open L-bracket from Bonehead made of carbon fiber. The whole setup worked great. I was looking for a sidemount. The panasonic was light, worked well as a sidemount, but for some reason the picture wasn't really better than a good Std Def. The Sony had the best color saturation, but i thought it was too heavy compared to the others. It also seemed best set up for top mount. It has the most complex menu and controls, so if you're a fiddler you might like it. I'm not-I'm there to jump. Also the Sony had no way of putting out HDMI short of buying an optional kit, so we were forced to use the rca cables.

I just bought an SD7 because it is a pistol grip, is miniscule, weighs half a pound, and is 3 (albeight small) CCD's. Had to get from an importer. I haven't used it yet, but I'd like to hear any comments while I can still return it in new condition!