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Aerial photos without a drone

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charged:
Thanks everyone.

DavidK:
Sorry, no pics but way back in the day when I was doing real estate I made a rig from a 32' telescopic ladder cut right down one side so all that was left was basically a single telescopic pole. I coupled this with a modified trailer hitch bicycle rack and drove around town with it on the back of my jeep. It was hard wired with a scavenged servo video head and shutter release but the problem was no live view. I basically had to guess at framing, but with a wide angle lens it did the trick. Very stable too. Nowadays I'm sure it would be relatively easy to cobble something together with all the WiFi bells and whistles.

Uncle Pete:

--- Quote from: DavidK on December 25, 2019, 14:38 ---Sorry, no pics but way back in the day when I was doing real estate I made a rig from a 32' telescopic ladder cut right down one side so all that was left was basically a single telescopic pole. I coupled this with a modified trailer hitch bicycle rack and drove around town with it on the back of my jeep. It was hard wired with a scavenged servo video head and shutter release but the problem was no live view. I basically had to guess at framing, but with a wide angle lens it did the trick. Very stable too. Nowadays I'm sure it would be relatively easy to cobble something together with all the WiFi bells and whistles.

--- End quote ---

Yeah I think someone can come up with ideas, without spending a big amount. I have one of these also. Same kind of thing, I go to local auctions over the Winter. This was in a stack of "garden tools" Probably paid $15 for the whole cluster.



Mr. LongArm Pro-Lok 8.4-ft to 23.2-ft Telescoping Threaded Extension Pole, $39 at Lowe's. 23 feet is starting to get up there for a decent angle, shooting down.

I will make a note that the 40' pole starts to get wavy in the wind, and holding it steady can be an issue. Leaning on a telephone pole, tree or fence makes a big difference. I have a wireless remote, but also have just connected a long remote release, with wires to make it 40 feet long, and finally, set for time, in the case of the GoPro, picture every 1 second, move, wait, move, stitch later from the good shots, thrown the rest away.

As long as you have a 1/4 x 20 stud on the end of whatever, you can put a camera on it.

Or you could go with a helium filled weather balloon, but I think the cost would be too much unless you had a sale and market for some specific event. $100 for the helium tank rental, with 125 cubic feet of helium.

$40 a tank at party stores for 8.9 cu ft tanks. 1 cubic foot of helium can lift 0.067 pounds = .59 pounds lift, not including the weight of the balloons, in a party tank.

4 tanks to lift a small camera and lens, like a T2i. $160

A GoPro and whatever attaches it, is going to be around 120 Grams. Just over a quarter pound. Party Tank you could fly your GoPro twice. Don't forget that string weighs something, add that into you calculations from the weight of the ball of nylon kite string before you try to launch. I have put up a kite so high that it couldn't fly higher, because of the weight of the string. That's when string was string, not the modern lightweight nylon. Also consider the strength of the string, how much can it hold, itself, the camera and a gust of wind.

Name and address and phone would be positively something to have on the camera.

Actually string and balloons, just a bunch of them, not an expensive weather balloon, could be great fun.

The new kites are really controllable, probably the least expensive way to get up with a lightweight camera, if you have open spaces.

And for a real adventure, GoPro on a model rocket?

https://www.instructables.com/id/GoPro-Model-Rocket/

DavidK:
What is your budget? :)

Uncle Pete:

--- Quote from: DavidK on December 26, 2019, 10:17 ---What is your budget? :)

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Not so outrageous, there have been people working for reality companies, as a specialty business. I think those days have passed.

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