On 6 July 2012 10:42, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I like the idea of a ROV or an underwater camera.
Presumably the advantage
of an ROV is that it could go deeper?
Not at the consumer level we are looking at. If you want something
with deep sea abilities about the only way to do it would be to offer
serious grant money to someone who already operates one in return for
CC release of images and data.
The reality is that everything the ROV mentioned at the start of the
thread could do a diver could do better (possible exception is loiter
time and even then that could be matched with an airline). I just
don't like messing around with air bottles.
As well as the underwater stuff where to be honest
conditions are not always
ideal for photography, has the technology of micro blimps yet got to the
point where we could buy a machine that could fly inside large buildings and
take photos at otherwise impossible vantage points? If so we should consider
talking to English Heritage, the National Trust or the C of E.
Quadcopter/camera combinations are available for a few thousand. Less
than the cost of a high end DSLR.
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geni