More Cheap Aerial Photography

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More Cheap Aerial Photography

Posted by michael on Tuesday September 21, 2004 @08:16AM from the looking-down-on-the-world dept.

ptorrone writes "If you have an old digital camera laying around and pick up a $1.50 Timer Chip from RadioShack or DigiKey you can turn it in to a great aerial photography camera, this how-to from Engadget shows how they did it along with some other projects with the modded camera." We also linked to part 1.

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I was hoping to learn about a better chip timer by Marxist+Hacker+42 · 2004-09-21 08:18 · Score: 3, Funny

but no, this is just based on the same old 555 I always had problems working with in logic class- "Damnit Jim, I'm a software student, not a hardware hacker".

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Re:20 years ago? by irokitt · 2004-09-21 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny

In my day, we had to climb to the top of a brontosaurus with a stone tablet and a chisel in order to get aerial pictures. You young things have it easy.

/end older fart rant

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You too, can be sued... by Nom+du+Keyboard · 2004-09-21 08:28 · Score: 3, Funny

And you too now can be sued...
...by Barbra Streisand.

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Re:DHS by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-21 08:28 · Score: 3, Funny

so it is 100% ineffective against a film camera.

thanks!
Thirty-thousand foot view by airrage · 2004-09-21 08:31 · Score: 4, Funny

The question, which has remained until now, unanswered: do nerds look like nerds at 1000 feet?

I believe, after reviewing the photographic evidence...yes.

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headline thoughts by Chuck+Bucket · 2004-09-21 08:32 · Score: 3, Funny

reading the headline I thought of bringing one of those disposable cameras on a plane and taking pictures out the window.

CB

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cheapest form of aerial photography by logandr · 2004-09-21 08:32 · Score: 4, Funny

This is way better than the old method of setting the timer and repeatedly throwing the camera in the air in hopes that it will be pointed down when takes the picture.
You young whipper snapper! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-21 08:40 · Score: 3, Funny

Brontosaurus? Luxury!

We had to sit on a fish trying to crawl onto dry land and rearrange lilly pads until they made a picture.
Re:DHS by RPI+Geek · 2004-09-21 08:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Oh darn, I'll just have to get a manual-focus and manual-aperture camera for all my terro^H^H^H^H^Haerial photography needs. I'll just set the focus to infinity and the aperture from the ground (or even just guess at the f-stop #... 8 maybe?).

Or am I threatening national security by relating my knowledge of these VERY basic photography skills?

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priceless by lelitsch · 2004-09-21 09:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Timer chip - $1.50
Digital camera - $100
Remote controlled airplane - $250
Having the FBI raid your house at 3am - priceless
Re:PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-21 09:27 · Score: 1, Funny

..and soon he'll "disappear" at the hands of DHS. What a great place to live.