Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. If you have to walk out on the wings on smaller airplanes have a friend advance outward on the opposing wing as you go about your photography, to maintain the airplanes balance. Use neckstrap to secure Leica. (Wear protective head gear against high-flying song birds, bats, or satellite debris). ;-) Jan