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A project log for How to use an aerial 36 inches lens

the different steps involved to shoot with an aerial photographic (enormous) lens when you don't have the airplane to hold it

zit-olivier-gade[zit] Olivier Gade 05/31/2022 at 15:580 Comments

Another pair of springs, M 4 20 mm stainless steel screws, nuts, washers.

The ears do not have enough strength to perfectly hold the top linkage of the shutter.

I need a hook to hold them down firmly on the handles.

These nice aluminium parts are going to be perfect. I first thought of a bend screw but I've done it before and it's ugly.

Cutting, filing.

Mmmm, not strong enough yet, and if the hole is centered, it'll look better.

Drilling, cutting.

Perfect !

It's now much more tight.

You can see that the previous owner of the lens has hand written 3 times the focal length in millimeters ! Twice on the aperture lever and once on the barrel.

I love those ears pendants, they make very expressive shadows.

On the right, a very useful angled screw-driver, both ends have an 90 ° angle between them and for bizarrely positioned screws it's really cool to have it.

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