Drone photography

[alanrockwood]

I'm not sure if this should go here or in an equipment section.

Has anyone here tried drone photography? What did you think of it?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Not for me. I am retired and I have enough expensive sand boxes to play in: skiing, offroading [serious rock crawling ala Moab Utah, 35mm photography, MF photography, LF photography, a black & white and color darkroom, and cordless bungee jumping.

 

[Terry Christian]

How do you trigger the shutter of a film camera when it's mounted to a drone?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Radio control

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EdQu5ZFYfg

Watch in HD!!

 

[480sparky]

How do you trigger the shutter of a film camera when it's mounted to a drone?

Same way it was done 100 years ago when film cameras were stuck onto the bottoms of hot air balloons.

Timer release.

 

[Sirius Glass]

The drones have a view finder so that you can see what the view is when you use the radio controlled shutter release.

 

[AgX]

I designed a Large Format helicopter-based ground video-controlled camera system in the 90s.

Intended as alternative to manned-aircraft aerial photography.

 

[Mick Fagan]

I designed a Large Format helicopter-based ground video-controlled camera system in the 90s.

Interesting, did it ever get off the ground?

Serious question.

Mick.

 

[AgX]

Developing costs for the custom made helicopter and all the shebang on the ground made photography still expensive. Well, large format anyway...

Drone photographers of today typically do not care about any safety issues. Thus in Germany likely legislation will come especially for (photo)drones to restrict them flying.

 

[mrred]

I would be one of those that would like to see them all grounded. They are not safe when they fall out of the sky and are a large violator of privacy. Just because you can afford one should not be the only criteria to be able to use one.

 

[Sirius Glass]

+1

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

The drones have a view finder so that you can see what the view is when you use the radio controlled shutter release.

Only those with FPV have that... oh what FUN!!

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

I would be one of those that would like to see them all grounded. They are not safe when they fall out of the sky and are a large violator of privacy. Just because you can afford one should not be the only criteria to be able to use one.

They can be made relatively VERY safe but most systems don't have those features.

 

[bobwysiwyg]

Not for me. I am retired and I have enough expensive sand boxes to play in: skiing, offroading [serious rock crawling ala Moab Utah, 35mm photography, MF photography, LF photography, a black & white and color darkroom, and cordless bungee jumping.

Just curious, what's "cordless" bungee jumping??

 

[Sirius Glass]

Not for me. I am retired and I have enough expensive sand boxes to play in: skiing, offroading [serious rock crawling ala Moab Utah, 35mm photography, MF photography, LF photography, a black & white and color darkroom, and cordless bungee jumping.

Just curious, what's "cordless" bungee jumping??

It is the same a bungee jumping but without the heavy and bulky equipment. One can make a great impact doing cordless bungee jumping. One can also get great coverage doing cordless bungee jumping. I want to break the record which is only a one time jump.

 

[ic-racer]

I always wanted a Camroc. Unless you are going to make something yourself, I don't know of any contemporary quadracopter that comes with a film camera.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/dr-julius-neubronners-miniature-pigeon-camera/


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[alanrockwood]

To me drone photography looks like it could be fun but expensive. Legal issues might also raise their ugly heads.

 

[AgX]

They are not safe when they fall out of the sky and are a large violator of privacy.

There was so much upheaval in Germany about Google Streetview that further photographing and publishing was cancelled by Google.
Strange enough I did not hear criticism on their aerial views. Though in cases their resolution is so high that breaking of privacy can be an issue.

 

[benjiboy]

I can't think of a more frightening hazard to commercial aviation than the unrestricted and unregulated flight of private drones.

 

[bobwysiwyg]

.. I want to break the record which is only a one time jump.

As I suspected.

 

[mrred]

They can be made relatively VERY safe but most systems don't have those features.

I am more concerned with privacy issues. If you were to point a camera into my windows, I have legal options. When you fly over my home I do not. What we need is affordable emp devices or at least scramblers to disable these devices. Perhaps the legal right to shoot them down? And yes, I am serious.

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[480sparky]

Developing costs for the custom made helicopter and all the shebang on the ground made photography still expensive. Well, large format anyway...

Drone photographers of today typically do not care about any safety issues. Thus in Germany likely legislation will come especially for (photo)drones to restrict them flying.

Do you lump all photographers together as perverts, terrorists and pedophiles, too?

If drone users are so careless about safety, perhaps you could provide evidence about all the injuries they're causing?

 

[mrred]

If a rock falls from the sky and doesn't hurt anybody.....does that mean it's not a safety hazard? Assuming you have the intelligence to operate a camera we should correctly assume you can see the problem. Or maybe we assumed too much.