Hello and many thanks to all who helped me doing by this job!
With your tips, I was able to get very good results. The customers were more
than content. After the job (before 4 weeks) I4ve caught a crick, so I
wasn4t fancy to do things like writing E-Mails.
Here4s how I did it:
The helicopter was an older Hughes (something with C at the end). We circled
around the objects at ca 900 feet radius and height. I was sitting in the
back and fixed with a rope, so I was able to lean myself out of the machine
to avoid photographing the landing-feets (I don4t know the real english word
for this ;-) ).
I4ve rent a gyro stabilizer, but it died before the flight, so I had to do
it without. The source material was captured with a Nikon D1 and a Sigma 14
(21) mm. All pictures were made in singleshot mode with 1/500 sec. There was
a break of 2 or 3 seconds between each image (The time the D1 needed to save
on a 340MB IBM Microdrive). After each round, I had about 40 pictures (+/-
5). The alignment was made in MM-Director with the center tool. I4ve
delivered two versions: QuicktimeVR and FreedomVR (Java). The roll in the
alignment could be a little bit better next time. Maybe someone knows
another method than with Director?!
Again, thanks to all of you.
Greetings,
Oliver
