Ed Cesnalis Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Thanks Duane, that would be simpler but wouldn't leave me with a 'must have' tripod for other purposes. Guess I'll get both, in the end I'll want to see which approach is quieter (vibration) in my CT. Guess I'll get both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Mirrorless cameras are the new craze and rightfully so! Seems mirrorless are prone to dust on the sensor. see the two spots I have already, the camera has a program to clean them but it didn't work. have to get a rocket blower and or a sensor cleaning system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Seems mirrorless are prone to dust on the sensor. see the two spots I have already, the camera has a program to clean them but it didn't work. have to get a rocket blower and or a sensor cleaning system. Always change the lens with the camera pointed down. It helps avoid that problem. But anyways, it seems like mirrorless cameras could still use a shutter until it's turned on to help avoid this issue. Nice thing about my Nikon is that it has a live view mode, which makes it act like a mirrorless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted June 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Always change the lens with the camera pointed down. It helps avoid that problem. But anyways, it seems like mirrorless cameras could still use a shutter until it's turned on to help avoid this issue. Nice thing about my Nikon is that it has a live view mode, which makes it act like a mirrorless! Its not like I'm changing lenses a lot, more like I'm clueless and didn't even know to prevent dust from getting on the sensor that is so exposed when the lens is off. I have 2 spots to clean now and the camera's cleaning mode didn't get them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted June 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Guess I don't need a rocket blower. I have an ear syringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointpergame Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 I have a Sony Alpha-5 ( basically, the mirrored version of your new alpha 6k) and it has a few annoying properties. I'm wondering if the modern incarnation has them as well: 1. Takes forever to turn back on ( It'll go off right when I pull it up to take that vital shot, then takes 3-10 seconds to boot back up ) 2. Makes a very loud mirror-up / shutter exploding sound with the shutter release ( making a surreptitious photo impossible ) 3. Recently took a Cub down into N. Kentucky to photograph my childhood homeland. Down at 1,500 AGL in complicated airspace and I grazed some "wrong" button. Found the Camera was in some peculiar mode where it basically refused to take pictures. With the stick between my knees, trying to work my way to a default or "home" or "where you were an hour ago" setting was impossible and I had to choose between (maybe) getting the camera back to operating while I spun in or giving up. I gave up. Wondering if this new "Alpha in the thousands" still has a slightly insane operating system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted June 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 #3 is still there at least until you learn to use the camera. I can't do anything fast yet. Today I was much more successful then yesterday, here's 12 shots I took and posted here in another thread. http://imgur.com/a/QIxP2 Lots to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted June 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Can't you just use a RAM suction mount to the window with a swivel arm and point it straight out the side? http://www.boatershop.com/shop/ram-mount-suction-cup-mount-w-short-arm-ram-166-b-202u/ Here I go: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointpergame Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Just watch leaving it on if the day is hot and the suction "cup" is black. I've seen a couple cases where the plastic had formed a bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Jefts Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Looking good. That should work if it dampens vibrations. I have suctioned cuped my Canon 5D out the little window with a RAM mount and it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Here's one I want to shoot from a mounted instead of hand held camera Here's the wider shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 The mount looks good in the hangar. Big question is how much can I slow down the shutter with this set up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointpergame Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 I find a 210mm telephoto on the Sony Nex-5 hand-held in a J-3 wants around 1/400 or faster. There's still significant jitter even with the low-pass filtering supplied by my hand and arm and at 50% crop it starts to show. Cutting power and gliding works as an occasional strategy, but most of my flying for the latest shoot was in the CVG / Lunken airspace near Cincinnati and I only had a 500-foot layer to play in. The full-sun shots you're publishing must be 1/800th or faster, right? I'm very curious how much the CT-airframe shakes that mount. Hope you'll give us a report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 The full-sun shots you're publishing must be 1/800th or faster, right? I'm very curious how much the CT-airframe shakes that mount. Hope you'll give us a report. I figure I shot less than 2 rolls of film so far and learned a lot. Photo Below was shot at 1/80sec. f/8 23mm ISO 100 below 1/160sec. f/9 55mm ISO 100 below 1/250sec. f/18 18mm ISO 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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