Steps to be able to take photo with this kit:
1 Take apart servo and modify the gears to accept bigger diameter screw. This was amazingly tedious. Something I was not expecting.
2 Assemble the rig.
3 Hack camera, and install "firmware enhancement" so the camera can be triggered to take photos via usb, without pushing the button.
4 Assemble the kite using boy scout knots that I forgot.
5 Attach rig to kite string.
6 Try not to let my new camera collide with the ground.
7 Allow the camera to make a few rotations on the rig.
8 Reel camera back in.
7 Happily look through the treasure trove of photos.
Click and see the treasure trove here.
4 comments:
HOly cow Dan! That is sooo coooolllll! Like really really awesome. I heard you talk about it like 3 times, but I had no idea you were actually going to do it. So you got a digital camera. What kind? Cannon like you thought? Wow.
You need to take LOTS more photos.
So cool, SO COOL!
Well done! this is really cool!
Wow Dan--that's so cool! Aerial photography!
That is pretty neat Dan! Now we know how a kite sees the world.
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