KAP - Kite Aerial Photography |
I got interested in taking pictures from the kites I was building, so I built a KAP rig using aluminum strips, some hobby gears, and old R/C servos: |
It hangs from a Picavet suspension.
It has 360º Pan rotation, and 120º tilt of the camera from above the horizon to straight down.
I mounted an Nikon CoolPix 900 in it, trigged by a small servo:
Here are some pics I took with this rig:
That's me in the center with the white hat and red shorts, controling the R/C link to the KAP rig.
Below is a shot of the gang playing volleyball at 4th Ave.
This shot got published in both PC Magazine and PC Online in an article about things to do with your camera.