F.A.Q.
Which camera do you use?
All these
pictures are slides (Kodachrome 64, Kodak Elite II
100 or Fujichrome Sensia II
100), transferred on Kodak PhotoCDs. They have been
taken with 24X36 reflex cameras (Minolta SRT101b at the beginning, then Minolta
X500 for many years and for the last two years with a Canon EOS 500-also called
Canon EOS Rebel XS in the US-very light and easy to use with only one hand) I
bought a Canon EOS300 in 1999 which is also very light and easy to handle and
has a depth of field check.
Even the
pictures with the camera fastened on the wingtip or on the elevator have been
taken with the Minolta X500 or with the Canon EOS 500, with a thin electric
wire taped under the wing or under the fuselage to the cockpit.
Since
2006, I use a Canon EOS400D digital reflex and a small Panasonic Lumix FX07 with a very good 28-105mm equivalent Leica zoom.
In 2008,
I bought a Canon eos5D with a full frame sensor, to be able to use my wide
angle lenses with no modification of angle of view, and a new Lumix, the FX35, with HD video.
How do
you fasten the camera on the wingtip?
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The shots of towns or landscapes where you can see the left wingtip in
the middle of the picture are taken with the camera fastened against the
canopy inside the cockpit. I use a Minolta X500 fitted with a 45mm or a Pentax MX fitted with the very small 40mm f/2,8 from Pentax. |
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For the shots from the wingtip or from the elevator, the camera is
fastened on a fiberglass mounting molded on the wing. You must use a camera with an
electronic shutter and a winder so you need only a thin electric wire to be
taped under the wing to take the pictures. I currently mainly use the Canon
EOS500 which is very light and on which, with an adapter, I can fit also my
old Takumar lenses with screw mount or a russian Zenitar fish-eye. |
Are
the pictures on posters as sharp as seen on my computer screen?
The
pictures on the web site are compressed files (.jpeg) with a high compression
rate to have short display time even with low speed internet access, so the
quality of the pictures on your screen is low compared to the posters made from
the original slides. For example, on the A01 picture, on a poster you can easily read the registration number on the
fuselage . On the A05 picture, on a poster you can easily recognise that the
glider is a LS1, and you can even read the competition number on the tail.
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20 Novembre, 2007