Re: [photo-3d] Hyperstereo from airliner - frame rate?

["John A. Rupkalvis" <stereoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another thought  - - seating away from the wing.   If you get your ticket
early enough to have a good choice of seats, the people at the ticket
counter can often show you a numbered and lettered seating diagram of the
particular aircraft that also shows emergency exits and which seats are and
are not over the wings.

Some larger craft (depending on the seating design, which varies even in
747s) have a window behind the last seat just before the latrine.  This
sometimes has a pop-up seat for the cabin stewards (who only occupy it
during take-off and landing).  Without a seat, you can kneel on the floor,
bracing yourself on the wall and the seatback in front for steadier, more
repeatable shots.   Also, it often is cleaner (on the inside at least) than
other windows, because little children haven't gotten their grubby hands all
over it.  The outside depends on how recently the plane has been washed
(very, very infrequently), and how scratched they are from hailstones and
runway debris.  These scratches are often worse near the front (where the
body shape tapers forward), and just behind the wings (where the tires kick
up debris from the runway).  Depending on the aircraft body design, some
planes taper back near the rear, and pick up less window scratches there as
the airstream pushes debris away from the body.

JR

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Gartin" <william_gartin@xxxxxxx>
To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Hyperstereo from airliner - frame rate?


> on 1/9/01 11:29 AM, John A. Rupkalvis wrote:
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> > A motor drive, well nice, is not necessary to do this.  I have done this
> > several times with non-motorized SLR cameras.  The amount of time it
takes
> > to advance the film between frames is often adequate, although it may be
> > necessary to wait a while longer.   Clouds that are near the airplane
can be
> > done with a relatively short interval, but if you expect any depth in
shots
> > of the ground (mountains, cities), you have to wait quite a while for
enough
> > parallax.
> >
> I was also thinking of the ability to advance the film without as much
> camera movement. It also sounds like I need a seat up front (cockpit? ;-))
> for the best shots. I've noticed getting a clean window isn't always that
> easy, though.
>
> Thanks to everyone for all the information. This is just about the only
> reason I can think of to make me look forward to getting on an airliner,
any
> more.
>
> Welcome to the list, Roger. There's lots of great information here.
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> Bill
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