August 4th
2008
- New kite: the Sutton FlowForm 8. The 8 is for 8 sq ft of material. Serious Aerial photographers use the FlowForm 30, an 8′ Rokkaku, a Powersled 81, or some other enormous kite.
- New camera: A Canon SD750 running CHDK (hacked firmware that enables intervalometer functionality). Note that Canon would prefer that you buy a $1500 SLR and one of these for $150 to enable this very simple functionality
- Same attachment mechanism – 1/4″ eye-bolt tied to the string. This has the advantage and disadvantage of swinging around wildly so you get pictures in all directions. Blurry pictures in all directions, usually.
- New site: Apple Valley MN. Here for a wedding.
- Several decent pictures. Possibly stronger wind would have allowed the kite to fly higher. Technologies for keeping the camera level and damping line vibration are readily available – maybe next time…
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