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deadprez · 03-28-2010, 06:35 PM

This is a cool little 2 minute video .. .

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RioRico · 03-29-2010, 02:48 AM

Tres kewl!! Much kewler than tossing a HandiCam with a trebuchet, or pointing a P&S out an airliner's window.

But I've always liked handheld shooting. I know! I'll get some weather balloons and tie them to a lawn chair and inflate them with helium, and go sailing up up and away! I know, it's been done already, but that guy didn't have a camera. Better yet, I'll hire someone to take my place. I've got a cousin who'll do just about anything on a wager. But he doesn't get the K20D, nope. A HandiCam will suffice.

"Stars scribble in our eyes the frosty sagas,
The gleaming cantos of unvanquished space."
--Hart Crane

Blue · 03-29-2010, 05:37 AM

A guy out in Oklahoma had been doing this sort of thing with his K20d.

OK1000 Pentax Blog: K10D at 104,000ft

Science Experiment: Camera Not Lost in Space

NED BUNNELL: K10D: "Camera Not Lost in Space"

deadprez · 03-29-2010, 07:07 PM

is it safe ?

What are the odds it gets tangled up with a plane engine ??

Blue · 03-29-2010, 07:32 PM

Originally posted by deadprez

is it safe ?

What are the odds it gets tangled up with a plane engine ??

They all seem to be using weather balloons which is going to be random some degree as to where it comes down. The guys in Oklahoma have had them come down in peoples back yards and such. Can you imagine going out in the back yard and getting drilled with a K10d & 18-55mm/GPS unit at 22 mph?

little laker · 03-29-2010, 11:02 PM

Originally posted by RioRico

Tres kewl!! Much kewler than tossing a HandiCam with a trebuchet, or pointing a P&S out an airliner's window.

But I've always liked handheld shooting. I know! I'll get some weather balloons and tie them to a lawn chair and inflate them with helium, and go sailing up up and away! I know, it's been done already, but that guy didn't have a camera. Better yet, I'll hire someone to take my place. I've got a cousin who'll do just about anything on a wager. But he doesn't get the K20D, nope. A HandiCam will suffice.

For some reason I started thinking of Balloon Boy and his idiot parents with this thread. Your post magnified the thought

wjt · 03-30-2010, 12:00 AM

That is pretty awesome. It is an interesting person who wakes up on morning and says to himself "you know what, today i am going to launch a camera into the stratosphere"

Has anyone here mounted their camera to something to get a photo?

RioRico · 03-30-2010, 04:25 AM

Originally posted by mibane

Has anyone here mounted their camera to something to get a photo?

Sometimes I'll mount a P&S on the end of a walking staff / monopod and hold it up or (if I'm elevated) out over a crowd, punching the wired remote switch. But there are amateur Estes rockets and back in the day, they featured a tiny film cam you could blast a few hundred meters into the air. 110 format, I think. I launched a few of those from Custer Hill at Ft Riley KS till the MPs made me stop, said I was messing with radar.

Would I risk my K20D on some unattended balloon or the like, to get shots from above? Or even my ZX-M with a good lens? Not bloody likely. That's P&S (film or digital) territory, something more expendable. Remember, sh!t happens. Plans fail. Things fall out of the sky. If they're mine, I'd rather they be cheap things.

wjt · 03-30-2010, 04:44 AM

I instantly imagined a dslr mounted onto a RC helicopter. Bloody big helicopter, and then i imagined it crashing into the ground smashing helicopter and camera... Could take some pretty awesome landscape shots doing it. Until it crashed.

little laker · 03-30-2010, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by mibane

I instantly imagined a dslr mounted onto a RC helicopter. Bloody big helicopter, and then i imagined it crashing into the ground smashing helicopter and camera... Could take some pretty awesome landscape shots doing it. Until it crashed.

There's someone on the Sigma forums at DPR,who made an 8 bladed chopper with GPS and everything imaginable, and flies with his DP series camera. He has some pretty amazing pano's done with it.
If I can find one of his posts today I'll post a link. The thing is amazing.

Blue · 04-13-2010, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by Blue

A guy out in Oklahoma had been doing this sort of thing with his K20d.

OK1000 Pentax Blog: K10D at 104,000ft

Science Experiment: Camera Not Lost in Space

NED BUNNELL: K10D: "Camera Not Lost in Space"

It turns out that this was PentaxPoke here at PF.

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/31970-pentax-k10d-space.html

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/43930-pentax-k10d-space-ii.html

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/94187-pentax-k10d-space-iii.html

03-29-2010, 02:48 AM	#2
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Tres kewl!! Much kewler than tossing a HandiCam with a trebuchet, or pointing a P&S out an airliner's window. But I've always liked handheld shooting. I know! I'll get some weather balloons and tie them to a lawn chair and inflate them with helium, and go sailing up up and away! I know, it's been done already, but that guy didn't have a camera. Better yet, I'll hire someone to take my place. I've got a cousin who'll do just about anything on a wager. But he doesn't get the K20D, nope. A HandiCam will suffice. "Stars scribble in our eyes the frosty sagas, The gleaming cantos of unvanquished space." --Hart Crane

03-29-2010, 05:37 AM	#3
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	A guy out in Oklahoma had been doing this sort of thing with his K20d. OK1000 Pentax Blog: K10D at 104,000ft Science Experiment: Camera Not Lost in Space NED BUNNELL: K10D: "Camera Not Lost in Space" Last edited by Blue; 03-29-2010 at 05:42 AM.

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03-29-2010, 07:07 PM	#4
deadprez Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 113 Original Poster	is it safe ? What are the odds it gets tangled up with a plane engine ??

03-29-2010, 07:32 PM	#5
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	Originally posted by deadprez is it safe ? What are the odds it gets tangled up with a plane engine ?? They all seem to be using weather balloons which is going to be random some degree as to where it comes down. The guys in Oklahoma have had them come down in peoples back yards and such. Can you imagine going out in the back yard and getting drilled with a K10d & 18-55mm/GPS unit at 22 mph?

03-29-2010, 11:02 PM	#6
little laker Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,697	Originally posted by RioRico Tres kewl!! Much kewler than tossing a HandiCam with a trebuchet, or pointing a P&S out an airliner's window. But I've always liked handheld shooting. I know! I'll get some weather balloons and tie them to a lawn chair and inflate them with helium, and go sailing up up and away! I know, it's been done already, but that guy didn't have a camera. Better yet, I'll hire someone to take my place. I've got a cousin who'll do just about anything on a wager. But he doesn't get the K20D, nope. A HandiCam will suffice. For some reason I started thinking of Balloon Boy and his idiot parents with this thread. Your post magnified the thought

03-30-2010, 12:00 AM	#7
wjt Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Perth Photos: Albums Posts: 371	That is pretty awesome. It is an interesting person who wakes up on morning and says to himself "you know what, today i am going to launch a camera into the stratosphere" Has anyone here mounted their camera to something to get a photo?

03-30-2010, 04:25 AM	#8
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Originally posted by mibane Has anyone here mounted their camera to something to get a photo? Sometimes I'll mount a P&S on the end of a walking staff / monopod and hold it up or (if I'm elevated) out over a crowd, punching the wired remote switch. But there are amateur Estes rockets and back in the day, they featured a tiny film cam you could blast a few hundred meters into the air. 110 format, I think. I launched a few of those from Custer Hill at Ft Riley KS till the MPs made me stop, said I was messing with radar. Would I risk my K20D on some unattended balloon or the like, to get shots from above? Or even my ZX-M with a good lens? Not bloody likely. That's P&S (film or digital) territory, something more expendable. Remember, sh!t happens. Plans fail. Things fall out of the sky. If they're mine, I'd rather they be cheap things.

03-30-2010, 04:44 AM	#9
wjt Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Perth Photos: Albums Posts: 371	I instantly imagined a dslr mounted onto a RC helicopter. Bloody big helicopter, and then i imagined it crashing into the ground smashing helicopter and camera... Could take some pretty awesome landscape shots doing it. Until it crashed.

03-30-2010, 08:04 AM	#10
little laker Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,697	Originally posted by mibane I instantly imagined a dslr mounted onto a RC helicopter. Bloody big helicopter, and then i imagined it crashing into the ground smashing helicopter and camera... Could take some pretty awesome landscape shots doing it. Until it crashed. There's someone on the Sigma forums at DPR,who made an 8 bladed chopper with GPS and everything imaginable, and flies with his DP series camera. He has some pretty amazing pano's done with it. If I can find one of his posts today I'll post a link. The thing is amazing.

04-13-2010, 01:15 PM	#11
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	Originally posted by Blue A guy out in Oklahoma had been doing this sort of thing with his K20d. OK1000 Pentax Blog: K10D at 104,000ft Science Experiment: Camera Not Lost in Space NED BUNNELL: K10D: "Camera Not Lost in Space" It turns out that this was PentaxPoke here at PF. https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/31970-pentax-k10d-space.html https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/43930-pentax-k10d-space-ii.html https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/94187-pentax-k10d-space-iii.html

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