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.
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|