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- From: siegela@deshaw.com (Andrew Siegel)
- Subject: Re: Query: Aerial photography with kites
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- References: <1992Dec31.081233.2050@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:11:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.081233.2050@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> dtalmage@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
- >Would any of you aerial photography fans care to tell us about it?
- >I'm interested in basic stuff, like the kinds of cameras people put
- >aloft using kites, how the cameras are controlled from the ground, and
- >what modifications, if any, need I make to a standard camera to make
- >is suitable for kiting. I'd also like to know what kinds of kites
- >people use for this.
-
- I've done it before, with some success. What you need is a kite with
- a lot of lifting power and stability, like an airfoil kite, and a
- small camera with a self-timer. Having a lot of wind doesn't hurt
- either.
-
- Here's what I used to do. I'd make a little harness out of string for
- my Olympus XA-2, and tie this to the bottom of the kite. Then I'd pay
- out 100-200 feet of string, and with the kite downwind, set the
- self-timer, have a friend hold the kite straight, and then start
- running with the kite. It would almost always get up to full height
- before the self-timer would go off. Unfortunately, the pictures I got
- back were inevitably blurry; the kite shakes a lot, and the camera's
- shutter speed probably wasn't all that great. The best picture I was
- looking back down the string towards me.
-
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- Andrew Siegel D. E. Shaw & Co., New York, NY
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