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| cfastie | "Thanks Tony, I like the idea of a universal ball head instead of a hinge. That would make it easier to switch between nadir and oblique when using..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "These are both great, and an excellent video summary of the questions you are facing here. My mind goes into a place of splitting the designs into..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Nice work. Tradeoffs on user's part on complexity will be in order as to which route will make most sense for them. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Awesome ideas, y'all! Mainly I was trying to get the protection centered on the lens, and to get the thing to roll, not resist with rigid protectio..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "McMaster Carr sells aluminum strips 1/16" thick in widths between 1 1/2" and 2" (in various lengths). So a one foot long piece would cost less than..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I like Pat's idea of bolting through a juice bottle. Removing the neck of the bottle could allow good access to the camera, but the bottle shoul..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Tony, I looked at the note in email before I saw the comments from Chris. I like the innovative thinking. The drop test is cool I'd second the poi..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's an awesome crash test. I think taking advantage of the tripod socket is a really good idea. The little tripod head you use is more than you ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| natalie | "Super ideas and images. These poles were initially difficult to track down. After much searching though we were able to get a hold of the manufactu..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Those Ron Thompson Carp poles are excellent tools. The trick to mounting a camera on these long poles for mapping (nadir photos) is to get the came..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| Fra | "Thanks so much Cindy! you gave me many links. It was a little idea I had since a long while ago to take picture from above... I had read an arcti..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cindy_excites | "Hi Sara! Sorry for the very delayed response! Yes, the plywood picavet that Ted made has worked very well. We've made several copies and all are in..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cindy_excites | "Hello Fra! I am glad to hear you have been giving aerial mapping a try. The hand-made kites I mentioned are by Dan Leigh, a UK-based kite builder (..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Fra | "Hello, I was in Perugia at the Journalism Festival (second day, rainy, no wind at all...) - Now I have made a wooden picavet (like yours) and then..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| sara | "Hi Cindy, Great post! Thanks for the link to the picavet, I might give that a try next next week. Did it work well for you? " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "The tools were using are getting easier and less time consuming to use - partially through our leaning from "less privileged" traditions like kite ..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Excellent air photos! I agree that oblique shots can be really informative. The ISSUU presentation is fantastic. I finally understand what Gowan..." | Read more » | over 12 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow, that second image is golden... a perfect shot of the whole lot! " | Read more » | over 12 years ago |