Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Because they are difficult to navigate; see Hindenburg... On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > How about balloons? > Balloons and cameras go way back. Just like bikes and cameras. > > > http://petapixel.com/2010/12/06/skyfishing-with-a-fishing-pole-30-helium-bal > loons-and-a-camera/ > > Or > > http://tinyurl.com/p5qmu3r > > > On 7/23/14 12:48 PM, "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > There are indeed restrictions on using drones in many municipalities > > and National Parks in the USA. The FAA has also chimed in and > > restricted the use of drones above 300 feet. I may be wrong on the > > exact altitude. Most of the restrictions involve commercial use of the > > drones. Amateur photographers are granted a lot of leeway although > > there is a court case pending in Cold Spring, NY about the use of a > > drone to take videos of a wedding. Most of the commercial drones are > > fairly big, a couple of feet across, and fully capable of carrying a > > couple of pounds of camera gear and a TV link. The Amazon thingies > > neither have the lifting capacity not the range to get the pictures > > shown in Jayanand's posting of Guardian images. One town has even > > authorized gun owners to shoot down drones that they consider intrusive. > > > > Or you can sidestep the entire issue and use a kite. My nephew has > > taken some decent pictures with a camera strapped to a box kite. He has > > a good quality Canon P&S camera with a large capacity memory and a > > timer set to take a picture every couple of seconds. The kite is flown > > over a site and the camera snaps pictures. The kite is stable and very > > controllable. Editing is a chore since only one out of a dozen pictures > > is useful but he is entirely legal. So far no marksmen have taken > > potshots at his kite. > > Larry Z > > - - - - > > > > I think there are restrictions on them in the parks . . . > > > > . . . the quality of the cameras on board is pretty good on some of > > them. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yes! Throwing one off glacier point in Yosemite or skimming up the > > Merced > > to Yosemite Falls would be wonderful fun. > > > > I've been learning on these little quad copters from amazon. Lots of fun > > (the cat has a different opinion). > > > > My concern, of course, is strapping a couple thousand in camera gear to > > a > > thousand+ of drone equipment and losing it all. > > > > So I have not gone down the path. However the little $30 buzzers from > > amazon are GREAT fun! > > Bob > > > > Bob Adler > > > > On Jul 23, 2014, at 1:38 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > From a drone. I am seriously getting tempted to acquire a drone... > > > > > > > www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2014/jul/21/aerial-views-of-india-by-dr > > one-in-pictures > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler