Camera

If you've got the cash, Minolta Dimage 7i/7Hi can manage 7fps - cheapest digital camera with a decent drive. dpreview.com for all the info you'll need. You need at least 5fps for kicker sequencies, but I've managed some decent rail sequencies with 2.5fps.

 
^ damn that's a nice fucking camera! You can pick one up off of ebay for like five bills.



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'yeti you're my new hero' - lineskier10

'the more it hurts, the better it feels' - Sarah

'i always make my bitches get abortions' - Dave Pauls

FROSTMONKEY

 
i have no clue how much i will have but i work 35 hours a week. until ski season then i will probably work at the mountain. i make like 300 scrilla every 2 weeks. 50 goes to my parents for insurance and crap. but i think i could have a fair amount saved my thanksgiving. thats when the mountain opens.

 
thats an expensive camera. holy shit isnt there like an entry level to all this stuff. but then when i think about it why would i get an entry level then keep buying new stuff. but still i odnt think im quite ready to drop 850 cold ones. when im new at this. dang everyone just keep dropping advice

i surely would like to rest...but the energy gets the best of me. its been a wild ride i wouldnt change a minute i cant slow down inside guess that why i live it ~311~
 
well you asked for a camera to take sequences...and that camera would be pretty pimp :-)

i think i might even pick that up myself...



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'yeti you're my new hero' - lineskier10

'the more it hurts, the better it feels' - Sarah

'i always make my bitches get abortions' - Dave Pauls

FROSTMONKEY

 
Well, like I said, that's the cheapest digital camera that you'll be able to get good kicker sequences from. Alternatives are cheaper digital cameras, but expect 2.5fps max from them - not suitable for kicker sequences because you'll only get 3 or 4 frames while the skier is in the air. Other alternative is an SLR, which costs upwards of $300 for an entry level body. But film processing can get expensive.

 
If you want my advice...I'd leave sequences to the pros, because its hard to get the right camera to do it with if you're going digi, and soo expensive for film if you're doing it that way...plus you need a tripod usually...and putting it together is a bitch.

- Patrick·patproductions·poniverus·

Looks like rain to me.
 
No, you don't need a tripod at all - small movements are no problem to deal with - just stand back and get the whole in-run and landing in shot so that you don't have to pan. And putting them together is very easy once you figure it out.

You could always get a camcorder and capture stills from that. Question for camcorder guys - what sort of resolution can you capture stills at from DV, and what is the quality like? I'm hopefully getting a VX1000 soon and would like to be able to make sequences from it.

 
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