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Thank you for the heads up! I'll keep that in mind. That is the main reason I joined this forum, I don't know anything about the sport and want to learn has much as possible from those who have the experience. The first step in the learning process is to say without hesitation; " I don't know..." I apply that rule to all things in my life. The second thing I learn is the be able to keep an open mind to new things and re evaluate them against what I am use to. I love to read and it probably saved me from a few broken bones ;)

I understand your concern about having a newbie holding a potential projectile in his hands. The camera I used is very light/small and was attached to my fingers by a strong nylon string. If I loose the cam, I loose the finger.... When I was told that a DVD of my jump would cost me 150$, I figured I could put that money on a camera that I could use for my first glider ride and motorcycle rides to come. I didn't catch any video of myself in free fall and probably couldn't reproduce the view of another person shooting me. I was more interested in shooting the area of the jumps, since I spend lots of time around that spot and was curious about the 3 dimension perspective of my environment. This camera is also very easy to attach to an helmet and will be used for every jump when I get my license. I read the sticky regarding the distracting effect of wanting to be a Speilberg of skydiving. My perspective is simpler, just want to record the experience and maybe learn a few thing watching my technics. I like to use videos with my other hobbies as a learning tool. I turn the cam on and forget about it to concentrate on what I'm doing.

Extra butter for me please! ;)

:D I was told that I was aerodynamically stable... ;)

I bought a little camera for the occasion and made a great souvenir. Hopefully, it will not be the last http://contour.com/node/105940

I did my first tandem jump last weekend and loved it!!! No surprise to you guys I guess... ;) I jumped at Nouvel Air in Farnham Quebec,Canada. The weather was OK, looking forward to a nice sunny day to enjoy the view. Got the experience on video of course. I know I should do some search on the forum, but if you could suggest a few books on the matter, it would be appreciated. I enjoy books that are technical enough to read them a few times and general enough to give me a global view of all aspect of skydiving. Thanks