How do you trigger the shutter?
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/29/2011 2:57 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I mentioned something like this back in 2002, George (I see from the
> archives): I use a Camcane, from Billingham, which is an extending
> stick made of carbon-fibre. Its normal use is as a walking stick and
> monopod combined, but it can be extended enough to use it in the same
> way and I've mounted XA cameras on it to take "bird's-eye" shots.
>
> But it's much lighter than your 2lb pole.
>
> Chris
>
> On 28 Jan 2011, at 23:07, George Themelis wrote:
>
>>
>> There are some situations in 2d where this is useful. One is pole
>> photography. This is a concept that has fascinated me for a while
>> but have not had time to do much with it. The idea is that you
>> raise the camera high enough to take the picture from a higher
>> perspective. I even sell a device, like monopod, just for this
>> job:
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370475144399
>>
>> Imagine, going to an air show and shooting a plane not from the
>> ground looking up but straight on. I have a very long pole. The
>> other day I was showing some test pictures of our house to my wife,
>> and she was amazed. How did you take these? Did you climb up a
>> tree? But there are no trees at the location I took them.
>>
>> Another application: Set the camera near a bird feeder and then go
>> inside the house and fire the camera when you see the bird in a
>> "good pose". People have of course done this with longer lenses but
>> you might have a reason to use shorter lenses and separate yourself
>> from the camera.
>
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