www.mas-arriba.com Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 You may consider attaching your camera to a kite, set the intervalometer to 1 pic every 30 secs and see what u can get. You may be surprised... This is one of my pics Brgds<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_l. Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 that's a bit of a risk isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmueller Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Nice - I like it! What camera did you use and what kind of lens? It looks like a super wide angle shot, which subsequently has been cropped. How else could you get the horizon so straight? Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunatech Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Nice place to be flying a kite! What kind of camera did you attach? Can you show us your rig? I always wanted to do this! (And be where you are!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_harley1 Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Im pretty sure I saw a secondhand minolta camera that was made for attaching to model aeroplanes in a shop in Bath recently, would be just the job for this i guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.mas-arriba.com Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 Thanks to all for your interest. The camera is a minolta A1, with the 28-200 mm standard lens. Yes indeed, it was cropped. Altitude was about 300 yards. I have a very basic rig made of aluminium, rotating in both axis with manual screws. I am a total idiot when it comes to manual work, it works fine from scratch, and the total cost was 9 dollars... The string (300 pounds) costs another 50 USD. The pic that you saw comes from this system. Important : the camera should have an intervalometer setting... I have a much more complicated rig (remote controlled from the ground) with lots of batteries on board... Cost about 300 dollars. Plus some UHF video downlink which I tried and which was a waste of money. I would say the most important are : - the reliability of the kite, especially in strong winds - the sensitivity of the camera to sand / salt, mud, etc... Here is another pic. Notice some lack of sharpness as the exposition was a bit longer. This is due to the string vibrating between the kite and the ground. I am working on decreasing these vibrations which could do some arm to the camera on the long term. I already have anough problem with the condensation...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.mas-arriba.com Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 Same island with some more string Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.mas-arriba.com Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sorry, I could not resist... Stupid french sense of humour that I have... That was obviously a satellite pic from Nasa World Wind :-) Here is another one so you may forgive me... More seriously, I think more people should play with this very nice hobby. It is a lot of fun, and not so expensive. Clever people may even make some money from real estate agents.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron c sunshine coast,qld,a Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Hey interesting post Philippe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_heil1 Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Yes do show us. Very curious what sort of rig you would entrust an A1 to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunatech Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Good work, Phillipe. What kind of kite do you use, (three stick, box, etc.)? The string isn't in the shot I see, I am curious what your rig/kite looks like. (show us a pic?) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_thorlin Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 The ingenuity of man - amazing ! But do let us have the full picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.mas-arriba.com Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 Hummm... I am not responsible for any destruction of your cameras if you try to do it at home. Deal ? Here is the rig. Again, I am lost in the mexican jungle. I am sure you can do much better in your modern world. Phil<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hashim a Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 Thanks Philippe... I wouldn't mind trying something like this myself someday. Very interesting results. There's another member on the site with the same interest. Some of his shots... http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=186617 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivo_stankus Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 This is one interesting thread! I always wondered about attaching my camera to a model airplane (I strongly suspect that attaching it to a kite would end in disaster), but was afraid to. Now I see that there's someone who actually did something similar, and my optimism is restored. I love aerial photographs, but the last time I took photographs from an ultralight airplane the results were terrible - which reminds me that I learned the hard way that you shouldn't use polarizers when shooting through plastic windows. Thanks for the pics and the idea Philippe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Very neat. I'm a big fan of kite/balloon/model plane/whatever-you-can-get-a-camera-airborne-with-type-photography. Your DIY rig (aren't most DIY? :) looks pretty interesting. I look forward to seeing more kite photos in your folders :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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