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Posted by mv on 07/18/06 11:45
I found myself having to shoot out of the open side door of a large
Russian military helicopter in the Sudan last year. I was using a Z1
HDV. Without a camera mount it's a demanding job. We used to use a
simple bungy type elastic devise with our heavier Beta's, which worked
tolerably well, but with these light compacts they don't work so well.
Nevertheless we got very usable results by using the safety strap
supplied with camera, hung around my neck and then pushing forwards to
make a very tight brace, my elbows were dug back into a large pillow
held against my chest. I was able to hang out of the open door by virtue
of a safety harness. Stayed wide and used the LCD to frame the shot.
Beware of starting the shoot whilst still on the ground as the dust
swirled up by the rotors is viscous, only takes a small speck on the
lens that's too small to see in the viewfinder or LCD, to really spoil
you day.
--
John Lubran
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