[LargeFormat] Ladders and Cameras

[Marco Pauck]

Marco Pauck wrote:
> 
> How about taking the topic "ladders" a little further by having a look at
> PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) or even KAP (Kite Aerial Photography)?!

Oops, I forgot to add this URL for some more details:

	http://www.bird-shots.com/

	Marco

> Brock Nanson wrote:
> >
> > Can't say I've shot LF from a real ladder, but I have had setup positions
> > high enough to use a step ladder.  I found an aluminum two step model that I
> > originally bought for 35mm work... The first step is as per normal, but the
> > second step is more of a platform.  The 'rung' is almost square and the
> > stepladder incorporates a leaning bar at the top, as well as a tray.  I've
> > seen some employees in stores using similar ones.  Gives you that extra bit
> > of height for a new perspective and is really nice to work with...
> > lightweight, stable, compact.
> >
> > Brock
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
> > To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 3:51 PM
> > Subject: [LargeFormat] Ladders and Cameras
> >
> > > At 7:59 am -0700 2/2/02, Karl Wolz wrote:
> > > >I know a guy in Phoenix who is doing this and also swimming pool
> > > >installations (we have a ton of them here).  He finally broke down and
> > > >bought a Hasselblad ArcBody for the speed and volume.  He stands on top
> > of a
> > > >ladder and mounts the camera on the ladder also.  He seems to always use
> > > >pretty wide lenses.
> > >
> > >
> > > EMail from my ISP has just come back on line after a very effective
> > > denial of service attack - took 'em out for 12 hours!
> > >
> > > What Kark had to say about ladders set me off on a train of thought
> > > as I often find myself perched up in some rather unusual positions -
> > > although perhaps not  as unusual as some of you; thinking about the
> > > water department acrobatics!
> > >
> > > A ladder would be a very useful device to keep in the back of the car
> > > - hey only photographers can do this and get away with it....  The
> > > interesting aspect of this is whether to use a tall tripod or the
> > > ladder to mount the camera. Can a ladder really be made stable enough
> > > to take a LF camera? Shutter speeds would probably need to be
> > > relatively high to make it feasible.
> > >
> > > The most wacky solution goes up on the f32 web site if you can supply
> > > photographic proof :-)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >         Clive