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Photo Rig

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To take aerial photos, you need to attach your camera to a balloon, kite, pole, or whatever! Try the "standard" rubber band rig, the venerable soda bottle rig, or the juice jug rig.

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Activities

Not all #photo-rig designs have been adapted into activities, but here are number that have been started:

Purpose Category Status Author Time Difficulty Replications
Mobius cameras and smaller balloons - - @warren - - 0 replications: Try it »
Reconfigurable Rig Version 1 Assembly Guide - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
KAP Rig for Mobius Action Cam - - @ajawitz - - 0 replications: Try it »
Raspberry Pi Camera Rig - - @seankmcginnis - - 1 replications: Try it »
Floating camera rig build - @eustatic - - 0 replications: Try it »
Rubber band and PET bottle camera rig build complete @mathew 1h easy 4 replications: Try it »
Add GPS logging to a Saturn V Rig build - @cfastie - medium 0 replications: Try it »
Titan 2 IR flight field-test - @cfastie - - 0 replications: Try it »
The JerkPan design - @cfastie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Child-led R&D of camera rigs for mapping - - @molangmuir10 - - 0 replications: Try it »
KAP rig impasse - - @cfastie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Make a $25 minimal-helium balloon mapping rig - - @natevw - - 0 replications: Try it »
A sweet way to attach a camera to a kite or balloon line - - @cfastie - - 0 replications: Try it »
"Judo Rig" for aerial photography - - @tonyc - - 0 replications: Try it »
Kaptery Rig Remodel - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Silly Putty KAP Rig - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Ball Joint KAP Rigs - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Reconfigurable Rig - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Hand Assembled Pendulums - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Make a lightweight camera rig from corrugated plastic or cardboard - - @warren - - 0 replications: Try it »
3-camera rig testing with with CHDK - - @patcoyle - - 0 replications: Try it »
Constructing a <£2, 90g wooden/metal picavet - - @TedF - - 0 replications: Try it »
The BRIT camera rig - - @jbest - - 0 replications: Try it »
Reconfigurable Rig Pole Configuration and GitHub Repository - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Plastic Tubing Oblique KAP Rig - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Square Plastic Rod KAP Rig - - @ranon - - 0 replications: Try it »
The Aerobee Rig field-test - @cfastie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Build a juice bottle-based rig to carry two cameras build review-me @warren 1h easy 0 replications: Try it »
Evolution of a Picavet - - @jbreen - - 0 replications: Try it »
Follow up on faucet cover camera enclosure - - @patcoyle - - 0 replications: Try it »
super simple KAP mount with small tripod and velcro strap - - @gonzoearth - - 0 replications: Try it »
Double Faucet Cover Rig for or infragram - - @eustatic - - 0 replications: Try it »
quick and dirty lanyard attachment for mobius camera - - @tonyc - - 0 replications: Try it »
FABAoutfit for vertical KAP and BAP - - @Juan - - 0 replications: Try it »
laser-cut picavet for PET bottle rig - - @mathew - - 0 replications: Try it »
Notes on assembling an Aerobee Rig build - @mathew - easy 0 replications: Try it »
Yet another soda bottle camera house - - @gonzoearth - - 0 replications: Try it »
Picavet PET rig - - @mathew - - 0 replications: Try it »
Gowanus Canal Salt Lot Kite Mapping - - @eymund - - 0 replications: Try it »
FABAoutfit derivative KAP rig - - @jbreen - - 0 replications: Try it »
The ShowerKAP - - @cfastie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Homemade pole photography rig - - @Shannon - - 0 replications: Try it »
Wobble adjustments for simple juice bottle rig - - @warren - - 0 replications: Try it »
a cheap picavet for any shooting angle - - @mathew - - 0 replications: Try it »
John Wells Near IR conversion for 808 HD Cams - - @mathew - - 0 replications: Try it »

Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.


Questions


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