Advantages: Cheap, ease of maintence, many available upgrades. Disadvantages: Loud, slow rate of fire, relatively inefficient with air, heavy
...I purchased this paintball marker as my first paintball marker in 2005. Reading the manufactorer's description makes this marker seem like a dream machine. However the reality is much different.
Marker features:
Electronic grip frame which can surpass 8balls per second(bps)
Double trigger allowing for enhanced rate of fire(ROF)
Aluminum construction
Pull pin bolt for ease of maintenece and field stripping.
Expansion champer for extra C02 efficiency.
Push safety
Single piece polished barrel.
Vertical feedneck for maxium rate of fire(ROF).
Drop forward bottomline for ease of tank mounting.
Rubber finger detent.
My first experience using the JTe 3.5. was a good one. My setup contained of the JTe 3.5 marker, a 20oz C02 tank and a VL revolution electronic hopper. The marker chronoed reasonably consistantly at around a +-10 foot per...
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Advantages: Very little to go wrong, takes std 35mm film Disadvantages: Could be cheaper!
...The MX5 (the Sea & Sea MX5, that is, not the Mazda) is a basic waterproof camera of the happy snapper variety.
Depth resistant to 36m, it has a natty flip-up sportfinder/lens cover, built in flash and uses 35mm film.
This camera is not aimed at the serious underwater photography crowd - it really is just a housed inexpensive 35mm camera. However, it is a nice bit of kit if you don't ask too much of it!
There is no focussing to worry about (fixed focus, not autofocus), there is very little to go wrong and it is capable of taking some pretty good shots in shallow water.
The onboard flash really shouldn't be used underwater, as backscatter will show up rather a lot and bleach out your images.
I looked at buying one, but decided after much playing about with it that given my delusions of taking the odd semi-professional looking shot...
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...pleasure. As for rule 35? There isn't one. Very clever. Are callaway suggesting that this ball is just outside the rules? They should be!...
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