Go fly a kite, with a DLSR attached

[andyz]

If someone will lend me their DLSR I'll be willing to give this a try.

It is a longer video than normal. But the end is pretty cool. If you want to go up with your camera, you can do that too. I'd never seen a person fly via a kite before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqFA9Mvq5M

[HutchPhoto]

Andy
Very Cool. If you want to buy a kite rig let me know I know a website that sells such things along with live video feed to a monitor on the ground so you can see what your camera is seeing.

A Friend & I use a Radio Controlled Helicopter to get planned shots or video.


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[Lexie]

Very Cool! If you find a DSLR donor, I'd love to come watch the action.

[Truckman]

Originally Posted by HutchPhoto

A Friend & I use a Radio Controlled Helicopter to get planned shots or video.

Your friend wouldn't happen to also be named Tim would he?......Ben

[HutchPhoto]

Originally Posted by Lexie

Very Cool! If you find a DSLR donor, I'd love to come watch the action.

Lexie
We put a Canon 5D 24-105L on our RC Heli so we can shoot huge groups like the entire wedding "outdoors RIGHT" LOL

So if you know someyone that needs a shot like this We can do it. All from 15ft to 400ft from above Almost Anywhere..

We have some projects coming up so I will post some of the shots..


Andy thanks for the link.
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HutchPhoto added 2 Minutes and 3 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

Originally Posted by Truckman

Your friend wouldn't happen to also be named Tim would he?......Ben

Well thats my name but mike is my camera operator and I'm the pilot. LOL do i know you?


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[Truckman]

Originally Posted by HutchPhoto

Well thats my name but mike is my camera operator and I'm the pilot. LOL do i know you?


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No, you would have recognized Truckman from another board...I know a guy out that way named Tim who let's his Canon ride in a cradle under his R/C chopper......Ben

[andyz]

I'd love to see some shots of the rig, and from the rig.

[HutchPhoto]

Originally Posted by andyz

I'd love to see some shots of the rig, and from the rig.

Here is an old video we did a few years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2nsImWHe9E



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[Lexie]

Thanks for the video Tim. That looks like a lot of fun!!!

[Concisus Cognatus]

TPF has some really talented people as members. Great video work.

[huttophoto]

Thanks for the YouTube link. He has a pretty innovate rig - even to adjust from landscape to portrait.

Here's another interesting photo taken from a kite.... Kiteboarding, that is.
http://surftherenow.com/2008/11/14/k...-over-a-whale/

[Imagebuffet]

Originally Posted by HutchPhoto

Lexie
We put a Canon 5D 24-105L on our RC Heli so we can shoot huge groups like the entire wedding "outdoors RIGHT" LOL

So if you know someyone that needs a shot like this We can do it. All from 15ft to 400ft from above Almost Anywhere..

I spent much of 2007 trying to find a way to do aerial photography. I researched rotary and fixed wing aircraft (RC and full sized), balloons, kites, booms, boom trucks and rockets. I would like a system that I could use as broadly as possible. I decided that no one system would suit every occasion. I could use just about anything around Dallas, but national parks and foreign countries would eliminate some methods.

I could not find anything quite in my price range that met my satisfaction. I'm still interested, though.

What I found is that fixed and rotary aircraft under $5k aren't going to lift a full-sized dSLR camera. Kites and balloons could, but they have stability and control issues.

[HutchPhoto]

Originally Posted by Imagebuffet

I spent much of 2007 trying to find a way to do aerial photography. I researched rotary and fixed wing aircraft (RC and full sized), balloons, kites, booms, boom trucks and rockets. I would like a system that I could use as broadly as possible. I decided that no one system would suit every occasion. I could use just about anything around Dallas, but national parks and foreign countries would eliminate some methods.

I could not find anything quite in my price range that met my satisfaction. I'm still interested, though.

What I found is that fixed and rotary aircraft under $5k aren't going to lift a full-sized dSLR camera. Kites and balloons could, but they have stability and control issues.

I guess it is what you want to get out of it and how much you want to put in to a project.. I can tell you their are some guys out there lifting dslrs for under 3k.. with rotary aircraft. small dslr and cheap glass.


Your welcome Lexie.. ;-)

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[jonnydonut]

Real helicopters are the only way to go! At least for commercial stuff.

[z-monster]

WOW! That is not your average kite in the very beginning of the video!

It has 4 cells that works exactly like my parachute when I skydive. I have a 9 cell 170 sq ft canopy that I fly. If you guys wanna know how is skydivers pick our canopies with regard to weight here goes a little FYI. His is an 8 sq ft kite so with a light DSLR & lens that come out very nice!

The math we use is 1 sq ft of canopy can hold 1 lb of body weight. So with a 170 sq ft canopy over my head I'm gonna come down slightly faster than if I had a 190 sq ft canopy. So I think that the 8 sq ft kite would be very practical for aerial photography provided that you have enough wind to keep it up.

Hutch I would LOVE...LOVE to see you guys at work with your remote toys.

Awesome thread BTW!!!