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Review: Spyder paintball guns
• The Kingman Spyder E-99
The Kingman Spyder E-99 is a fast gun, durable and can be upgraded and modified to increase its performance level. The Spyder E-99 is a gun that can perform out on the field, but will not cost you a lot of money. Priced at about $140-160, the Spyder E-99 performs well on the recreational field and can hold its own when used for tournament paintball games.
The Spyder E-99 has an electronic trigger frame with modes of semi automatic, three round, six round, and full auto. It is a double triggered paintball marker with a low pressure chamber and an expansion chamber located in the fore grip. The Spyder E-99 has a vertical feed and an anti-double feed mechanism. It runs on a 9.6 volt battery and comes with a charger. It is available in black and blue colors.
The Spyder E-99 is a fast gun; however its speed can cause you a few problems unless you modify the gun after purchase. Due to its speed, you might end up with a lot of chopped balls. To prevent this from happening, you will need to buy a better hopper to keep up with your marker's speed. You may also need to use compressed air or a regulator since the Spyder E-99 also tends to chop balls due to spikes of the air pressure. The Spyder E-99 is also rather selective when it comes to the paintballs you use. Cheap paintballs are inclined to breaking when used with the Spyder E-99.
This marker is reasonably accurate; however, you can also do better by upgrading to another barrel and by using another bolt. These modifications can also quiet the gun down a bit.
Taking care of your marker is an essential aspect of owning any paintball gun, and this should hold true for your Spyder E-99. The Spyder E-99 has to be well maintained, clean and should always be well oiled since the internal parts of this marker are very likely to be scratched. The Spyder E-99 is relatively easy to field strip so cleaning it should be quick and easy.
A Spyder E-99 when used right out of the box will only give you a so-so performance. To get the best out of this gun, you will need to do some upgrades. Replace the hopper with a 12 volt electro hopper to avoid chopping. You will also need to replace the barrel and the bolt. To improve the gun's consistency, try using compressed air instead of CO2 and you should also purchase a regulator for this marker.
• The Kingman Spyder Fenix
The Kingman Spyder Fenix is a gun that is tops in its own category. It is better than any gun that is classified below it but not as good as the markers classified above it.
The Spyder Fenix is great to look it, will do the job it is supposed to do, and is will also provide for numerous upgrades, allowing the gun to grow with you. If you are looking for a full auto marker that is mid ranged in price, then the Spyder Fenix is for you. This gun is priced at $220 - $250. The original Spyder Fenix is no longer in production; however, Kingman has newer versions out in the market today.
The Spyder Fenix features four different modes of fire; these are the semi, the 3 shot, the 6 shot and the full auto mode. It has a built in LCD frame featuring a "one touch" adjustment. This paintball marker comes with a double finger trigger with an adjustable pull and response. It has a vertical feed, a vertical expansion chamber, a low pressure chamber, a bottom line regulator and is a drop forward marker. It comes with a 14" 2 piece barrel and a 9.6 volt rechargeable battery with charger. It also comes equipped with a tournament velocity adjuster.
The Spyder Fenix is known to almost never chop. It has a great firing rate, has fantastic balance and recoil that one can only barely feel. The rate of fire is adjustable from 6 to 14 balls per second if on semi auto mode. The distance of the trigger pull is also adjustable.
The Spyder Fenix is very easy to clean. For upgrades and modifications, the first thing to do is to change the grip. The grip on the store bought marker is rather flimsy so you will need to replace that. To get the best out of your Spyder Fenix, you might want to get an electro hopper, a better barrel and you will also need to use an HPA or a nitro system.

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Night Photography: Low Light Tips and Techniques
Photography at night can be used to create mysterious and amazing photos. When I say photography at night I mean the hours from around sunset until when the stars are clearly visible. The long exposures associated with low light can create unique effects and unusually sharp photos. And when I say long exposures I mean exposures lasting from half a second up to even 30 seconds. An exposure that long would seem impossible to prevent shaking, so my technique that I use very often is to compose the photo like I would normally and then to set the self-timer so the camera takes the picture on its own and I don't even have to touch it.
-Equipment Options
For low light photos, a tripod (or some kind of substitute) is very necessary. I almost always keep a tripod in the trunk of my car or carry a miniature tripod around on trips. A miniature tripod can be very handy because it is typically small enough to fit in a pants pocket so it can be taken anywhere. Some photographers carry around a bean bag or something like it so that can set their camera down and tilt it in any way they like. Some of my best pictures I have taken simply by setting my camera down on a newspaper stand and setting the self-timer.
Many photographers are convinced that they need a cable release to take long exposures but the self-timer release option on just about all cameras works just as well. All you have to do is set the camera up, configure the self-timer, press the shutter button, and wait the specified amount of time (usually 10 seconds) and the camera will take the photo automatically. And you don't have to touch the camera so the photo won't be blurred from hand shaking.
-Night Photo Opportunities
Landscape Photos - My favorite kind of night photo usually includes a landscape with some kind of foreground element, some sort of framing element, and lots of lights throughout the scene. Adding some kind of foreground item to the frame helps to create a greater depth of field, this technique works for any kind of photo but I have found that it makes night landscape photos much better. Another tip you should keep in mind is that the main subject of a night photo should probably be the most well lit. Lots of light is good for a night exposure but there should still be some focus applied to the major objects in a scene.
Capturing Motion - A very popular kind of night photography includes a steady camera with some sort of fast moving object streaming through the frame. When cars are photographed at night with a long shutter speed, the headlights make a bright pathway of light and in most cases the car can't even be seen. Another option would be to set up your camera next to a lighted area with lots of people moving like a night club or an illuminated street. Just about any kind of motion captured with the camera steady produces a very interesting photo.
-Balancing Aperture and Shutter Speed
When taking photos at night you should keep aperture in mind as well as shutter speed. It is without question that you will need a long shutter speed, but the aperture that you choose will provide the depth of field. When I take night photos I usually have a very long shutter speed (5-15 seconds) and a very narrow aperture (high f-stop). This combination creates a huge depth of field and makes everything very crisp and in focus. Of course sometimes you will not desire a great depth of field and in those situations you should widen the aperture (small f-stop).
-Calculating the Exposure
Figuring out what exact shutter speed and aperture you should use can be very challenging in Manual Mode. I would recommend that you just try many different combinations for each scene and eventually you will refine the settings that you prefer. Another technique I use is Bracketing, if you bracket all your photos so the camera takes multiple exposures at different settings, you are more likely to end up with a photo that has a satisfactory brightness.
-Conclusion
There is no exact science to night photography; I hope some of these tips will guide you in the right direction. But the best night photographers are usually the people who experiment a lot when they are taking low light exposures and eventually they figure out the best scenes and best exposure settings to match. Just remember that you need a very long shutter speed setting, and that you need to keep the camera very steady.
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Night Photography: Low Light Tips and Techniques