Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg: I'm sure you are right about the harness. I was fairly young and foolish when I last did this. By the way, great photos! Mike D - -----Original Message----- From: Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] was:Oh, yeah/ now heli & tripod >At 08:57 PM 10/01/00 -0500, you wrote: >>My favorite technique for shooting from Helicopters was to loosten the belt, >>tape the buckle shut, sit in the open door with feet on the strut. > > > I hate to state the obvious guys, but..... > >If you are shooting from helicopters with doors off (or any elevated >positions) must be prepared to do the job and not risk your life. > >SAFETY HARNESSES!!!! .... for you and tie off straps for camera, light >meters and anything else which can fall .... or sucked up into rotor blades >in the case of helicopters. >(explain THAT one to the client) > >Harness goes on you and is secured to helicopter by TWO!!! straps. Camera >straps are run through carabineer attached to the vest or chest strap of >the harness. > >When it is time to reload cameras go inside the helicopter to a place where >dropped film will not go out the door. The door will still be open because >pilots don't like opening and closing the door in flight. This is usually >done before flight. > >...that's the safety sermon. > >OH, YEAH! ...one more safety suggestion.... through your tripod out of the >helicopter BEFORE you take off. :^) > > > >Greg Locke St. John's, Newfoundland >locke@straylight.ca http://www.straylight.ca/locke >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- >Touched By Fire: doctors without borders in a third world crisis. >http://www.straylight.ca/touchedbyfire.htm >ISBN#0-7710-5305-3 McClelland & Stewart >