stuny Posted August 28, 2018 Share #61 Posted August 28, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Namibia Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 10 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581400'>More sharing options...
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stuny Posted August 28, 2018 Share #62 Posted August 28, 2018 Namibia Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 12 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581401'>More sharing options...
pico Posted August 28, 2018 Share #63 Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) These aerial photos are so depressing to me. All are excellent and made on 'inferior' miniature formats. My time is over as a LF camera maker. Seriously. http://www.digoliardi.net/4X5-skl/1.JPG A handmade invention, multi-format aerial camera capable of 4x5 film, and any smaller roll film due to a universal back. But that is film, the end of an era. One objective of the design was to eliminate the typical camera body that blows in the wind when used in small, cost effective aircraft, and the other objective was to follow my philosophy of minimalism first. It is all dead today. Edited August 28, 2018 by pico 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpittal Posted August 28, 2018 Share #64 Posted August 28, 2018 beautiful camera Pico; not much larger than the EL Hasselblads I used to use for aerial photography. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stray cat Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share #65 Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) These aerial photos are so depressing to me. All are excellent and made on 'inferior' miniature formats. My time is over as a LF camera maker. Seriously. http://www.digoliardi.net/4X5-skl/1.JPG A handmade invention, multi-format aerial camera capable of 4x5 film, and any smaller roll film due to a universal back. But that is film, the end of an era. One objective of the design was to eliminate the typical camera body that blows in the wind when used in small, cost effective aircraft, and the other objective was to follow my philosophy of minimalism first. It is all dead today. Bullshit Jac. This, by the looks of it, is an exemplary design. Design that is well-conceived and meticulously thought out will never become redundant. For one, you could ask one of the medium/large format digital companies if they'd be interested in evaluating it. Moreover, there are plenty of people that will continue to prefer film for all aspects of photography, including aerial photography - and I think this particular market might expand (I could imagine one A. Miller, for example, could well be interested, especially given the delicious Zeiss lens at the front). By the looks of it, a superb idea and an intelligent, user-focused design. Nothing about that design/proptotype is dead today if you don't want it to be. Edited August 28, 2018 by stray cat 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpittal Posted August 29, 2018 Share #66 Posted August 29, 2018 not a hot air balloon over the desert, but while landing at SEATAC (with M246 and 35FLE): Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581764'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #67 Posted August 29, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) As promised, Hot Air Ballooning at Luxor in Egypt. An early morning start. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581769'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #68 Posted August 29, 2018 Airborne, at last. Visibility was poor. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581770'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #69 Posted August 29, 2018 Our pilot, complete with uniform (it didn't mean he could fly! ) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581772'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #70 Posted August 29, 2018 Over the Valley Of The Kings (I think) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581773'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #71 Posted August 29, 2018 Coming in low over a typical plantation home. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581774'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #72 Posted August 29, 2018 Pilot to Base: We have crashed landed in a banana plantation! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581775'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #73 Posted August 29, 2018 Plantation owner to pilot: Why are you here? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581779'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #74 Posted August 29, 2018 Disembarking passengers. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581780'>More sharing options...
erl Posted August 29, 2018 Share #75 Posted August 29, 2018 Retrieving the crashed balloon. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/287845-aerial-photography/?do=findComment&comment=3581782'>More sharing options...
wpo Posted August 29, 2018 Share #76 Posted August 29, 2018 Following on Harry's adventures in the red Tiger Moth, three years later he was flying a Blue one. I have rendered it here in sepia because I think it suits the mood of the image. Thank you for this beautiful 90 years old picture ... only the pilot´s headset shows the modern times 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 29, 2018 Share #77 Posted August 29, 2018 Some great photos. But, I'm afraid I couldn't resist after an earlier comment. Part of the "farm" at my home including a pigeon (much needs refresh after being up for 15+ years). Digilux 2 "snap" this morning. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stray cat Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share #78 Posted August 29, 2018 Hmmmm... an aerial with a flying creature on it. Very appropriate indeed! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 29, 2018 Share #79 Posted August 29, 2018 Wow, that's some collection of aerials! I recall years ago a story from a colleague who was a RF design engineer and whose neighbour was a ham radio (amateur radio) enthusiast who was keen to get the best possible reception available wherever in the waveband. During a party the neighbour discovered that my colleague was a RF design engineer and from then on wouldn't stop badgering him about improving signal reception and bringing every latest hair-brained invention for assessment until finally my colleague said to the neighbour "Why don't you just top-end load* your (20-foot whip) antenna because that'll provide far and away the best reception?" The neighbour replied "What's top-end loading?". "Oh I'm surprised you haven't heard of it because it's making a huge difference all over the world." said my colleague "You simply find the largest horse-carrot you can, cut off the bottom, and jam it over the top of your whip antenna." "Wow", replied the neighbour, "I'll try that!" My colleague blissfully heard nothing from his annoying neighbour for a week until he ran into him at the local shop when the neighbour exclaimed "You were absolutely right! Top-end loading has improved my reception massively!" Which just goes to show how much people can convince themselves because putting a carrot on his whip antenna could have made no difference at all to his reception. *Top-end loading using a carrot was made up on the spot by my colleague. The carrot has remained on top of the whip antenna and my colleague giggles quietly to himself when he spots other ones around the town. Apologies for the interlude: back on topic. Pete. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 29, 2018 Share #80 Posted August 29, 2018 Nice one Pete! As a former marine Radio Officer, I've had various aerials on ships from simple wires to vertical multiband whips. Unless dropped accurately by one of our feathered friends, there will never be a carrot or any other vegetable associated with my antenna farm 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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