Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Roger Beamon > >Ted mentioned helicopters; you > have much time in them photographing. Breathing, heart rate > and squeezing off the shots between heart beats in a chopper? > Nah! Roger, don't you know that when leaning out the open door of a chopper, the approved technique is to *speed up* your heart rate to match that of the rotor blades? With opposing flutter, vibration is cancelled entirely! On a couple of flights, my heart rate has actually come close I think. Seriously, here is an interesting observation. I have lots of Leica and Hasselblad shots out of the Dolphin HH65A, mostly at 1/500th. The Leica shots rarely show any sign of vibration. With the Hasselblad, at least one out of every three shots at 1/500th shows some signs of vibration, even with the 80mm lens. You would think the larger mass would help to dampen vibration. I use a double hand grip along with the mantra, "feet and seat, feet and seat . . ." to keep all else from touching the airframe. In the Cessna 182, I rarely see signs of motion with either the Leica or the Hasselblad at 1/500th. Anyone out there with a Ken-Lab K-6 gyro for sale? Now there would be a steady "heart" for either camera! Regards, Gary Todoroff Tree LUGger