Posted by psandiford on 07/18/06 12:58

Rememeber to keep the camera wide and don't shoot down (birds-eye view
of treetops) but, rather, to the horizon. Don't allow the camera to
touch any part of the airframe or the vibration will bite.


mv@movingvision.co.uk wrote:
> 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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