Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]colm@irlw1c01.ck.cit.alcatel.fr (Colm Ryan) wrote ... > |On a recent flight on a 747 I was sitting in the cockpit as we crossed the > |Grand Canyon and took a few pics, but even the co-pilot's window left a lot > |to be desired in clarity. For some reason, they didn't want to open one up > |so I could get a clearer shot. > | > |Michael > > There's a way around this. Most airliners have some sort of door in the > passenger section that you can "pop" out with the aid of the large > handle on it marked "FOR EMERGENGY USE ONLY". When opened, this gives > a very good view of the ground ... Hi LU's - This is VERY bad advice. Most of the EMERGENCY exits that I know, exit onto the plane's wings, spoiling your view of the ground below. Therefore do NOT follow this advice. If you must shoot from a (big) airplane, ask to be fastened onto the airplane's wings - like the recent cigarette ads - then you and your Leica can get a good shot of the ground below. In the 20's they even had some people walking on the wings - but that was just at the time when Oskar Barnack was developing the Kleinfilmkamera, Leica I. -- Wolfgang |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Wolfgang Sachse Phone: +1/607/255-5065 | | Theoretical and Applied Mechanics E-mail: sachse@msc.cornell.edu | | Cornell University FAX: +1/607/255-9179 | | Ithaca, NY - 14853-1503 USA Department Secretary: 607/255-5062 | | WWW Home Page http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~