I have two areal cameras just made for this task, a Graflex K20 4x5 roll film camera and a Keystone F8 that has been modified to take a 5x7 bag magazine. These used to be fairly common on Ebay.
I have two areal cameras just made for this task, a Graflex K20 4x5 roll film camera and a Keystone F8 that has been modified to take a 5x7 bag magazine. These used to be fairly common on Ebay.
Japan is using big drones to examine mountainous dams, they have many very difficult to access
I wonder how big military drone sensors are?
Top Secret I suppose
Tin Can
Probably medium format size (due to chip yields), but selected error free. Could also be radiation hardened.
Like i.e. Fujifilm GFX 100
The optics are the interesting item in this connection.
The Danish air force (RDAF) used 70 mm Vinten cameras in their photo Drakens (RF-35) from 1970 to 1993. So this sensor size (with film) was already good enough in the seventies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_35_Draken
Last edited by Per Madsen; 12-Nov-2021 at 04:14. Reason: Wring date
Per, it is more likely that the Draken couldn't carry larger (4.5" x 4.5", 9" x 9") aerial cameras as used by, e.g., USAF and RAF. Vinten's F95, which shot 6x6 on 70 mm film, was used by many air forces including USAF and RAF. The F95 was initially supplied with TTH lenses, later, after TTH stopped making lenses for it, Elcan lenses.
Finding large format roll film for aerial cameras is a PITA. Decades ago I used to buy past dated Kodak stuff but I think that's all History now
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
My perception is that most LF cameras for aerial photography are fixed on infinity so bellows would appear to be pointless.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
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