Aerial Photography!

[sophierazi]

Does anybody have any experience in field of aerial photography? i am really interested in that ...

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Originally Posted by sophierazi

Does anybody have any experience in field of aerial photography? i am really interested in that ...

I've done it once (hand holding shots) from a helicopter and it is not easy! It is something that takes practice and decent gear. I had moderate success with my starter gear. I'll pass on what I learned.

1. Fast glass is a must. You need to have a fast enough shutter speed, 1/300 or better to overcome the vibration of the helicopter and your own camera shake even if you have IS lens.
2. The reciprical rule for focal length/shutter speed is a MUST. If you are at 300mm focal length, you must be at a MINIMUM 1/300, faster shutter the better.
3. Boost the ISO to increase the shutter speed. A camera body with ISO capabilities above 1600 will help too
4. Do not lean on the helicopter to brace yourself, if only worsens the vibrations to the camera
5. Back button focus will be a great help
6. Circling or slow forwad motion aids in better results

Serious areial photographers have some sort of stabilizing mount for the camera and affix that to the helicopter/plane and acuate the shutter remotely. That means some sort of tether from the camera to a laptop/monitor to see what the lens is seeing.

Something like this..
SkyDSLR from SkyIMD:

Here is a good site to answer more of your questions. One minute search on google.
Aerial Photography: tips and tricks from Photo.net

[sophierazi]

Thank you for the information, it sounds very useful. actually i rather to have this experience with using RC Helicopters for aerial photography and videography.
cameras and video cameras are typically mounted to a Gimbal which often gives it the ability to tilt up and down and rotate on it’s axis by 360 degrees.