Re: Cirkut Camera in a cherry picker

["George S. Pearl" <alps007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob,
   I guess you missed my lecture on Formation Panoramas up at the last World
IAPP meeting. I was up over 50 feet in the cherry picker and it was rock
steady. I used a truck owned by the local power company, and we had three
people in the bucket! You could get a sissor type platform to shoot
from.They are very inexpensive.  I think they will go up high enough for you
to put the 12 foot ladder on top and then stand on top of the ladder! If you
want to do it like E.O., you will need to put a ladder on the top and stand
on the top you know. (Joke)... But this might not be such a funny idea for
you since you would only need to go up a measly 18 feet with the platform if
you put the 12 foot ladder on top of that. No problem really...hell, E.O.
had a rig on his car that would do what you are trying to do!
Good luck,
George Pearl, QPP
Atlanta Panorama
----- Original Message -----
From: Les Newcomer <lnphoto@xxxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Cirkut Camera in a cherry picker


> YOu will find there is a lot more movement with a cherry picker or even
> scafolding than a coal bin.  Pray for no wind, and don't breathe during
the
> exposure.
>
> "Robert J. Lang or Hope Conley Lang" wrote:
>
> > Has anyone on the list had any experience in using a Cirkut camera in a
> > cherry picker or other lift type device?  I've been asked to retake a
photo
> > Goldbeck made here on Long Island some 60 years ago.  The original
> > overlooked Mitchel Air Force Base and Roosevelt Field, where Lindberg
took
> > off on his trip across the Atlantic.  Goldbeck took his photo from the
top
> > of a tall coal storage bin.  A few years ago the bin was torn down, so I
> > need to get up about 30 feet to duplicate the image.
> >
> > Any advice?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bob Lang
>