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| Built at: Aug.10.2003 Last update: Dezember 06, 2004 |
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My SONY DSC P5 with a lot of
accessories was stolen on
6-9-2003 at 05:20 pm in the Landscape Park Duisburg-North at the
execution of my hobby.
After some weeks I couldn´t resist to buy a new digital camera. This time my choice was a camera with "normal" AA - accus and cheap Compact Flash Cards. It is the new 3,2 Mega Pixel CANON Power Shot A70.
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3,2 Mega Pixel Camera CANON Power
Shot A70 |
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Rig # 5 I used the now no more needed Rig # 4 of the SONY-Camera. The
outer frame I could use unchanged, so that I had to
produce only the the inner camera frame new. This outer frame carries the new inside camera frame for the camera as well as the receiver, the antenna and the servos for tilt and rotating of the camera. This frame became out of aluminum square pipe with 20 mm x 20 mm as well as two aluminum U-profiles with 13.5 mm x 10 mm and 16.5 x 10 mm. Large parts were removed to weight saving. The switch for the power supply is on the left side. |
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The outer frame with the two
servos for tilt |
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For the new camera frame I used aluminum angle with 40 x 20 x 2 mm. This new frame I have also screwed together with M2 screws. |
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The new camera-frame for the
Canon A70 I have |
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have made a lot of drills into the new camera frame. The positions for
the trigger servo and also the length of the servoarm are well
adjusted for the new Canon A70.
To avoid scratches on the trigger button of the camera I have glued a 4 mm soft synthetic material on the servoarm. On the left side you can see the bearing for tilt movement and at the right side there is the servo disk to connect with the tilt servo. |
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The new camera frame for the Canon A70 has a lot
of drills to reduce its weight. |
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The ready made new Rig # 5. The power supply of the camera is now with four Ni-Mh AA cells with 4,8V and 2100 mAh in the camera itself. The receiver and the servos are powerd by four AAA Ni-Mh cells with 4,8 V and 500 mAh. |
| Rig # 5 with the Picavet # 2
in action on the German island Sylt. |
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Rig # 5 with the CANON Power Shot
A70 in action. |
All the other parts like tilt- and rotating servos, the gear-box, antenna etc. were continued used original of the Rig # 4. If you would like to know more about this you can take a look there.
The camera, or better the KAP-Rig must be mounted to the kiteline. There you have to look at something, too. The camera always has to hang horizontal, so that the horizont is not crooked. The camera mustn´t swing, so that the pictures are not blurred. As we were children, we often put the ear at the kiteline to hear the wind sing. That is because the line is vibrating by the wind. That will bring blurr to the pictures, too. All this reflections have brought the result to a suspension gear, which is taken from most of the KAPers, the Picavet. A newer and lighter version is my Picavet # 2.
The complete Rig # 5 with the Canon Power shot A70 has a weight of 600 gram and so it is 138 g heavier than my Rig # 4 before.
The weights in the single one: |
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| Camera CANON Power Shot A70 without accu | 225 | g |
| 4 cells NiMh 2100mAh for the powersupply of the camera |
115 |
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| Camera frame with triggerserveo |
80 |
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| outer frame with tilt- and shiftservo, receiver and antenna, switch and hang up | 130 |
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| 4 cells NiMh 500mAh for the powersupply of the receiver and the servos |
50 |
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Links to other KAPers and more you can find in my Surfers Guide.
I like to be available for questions, suggestions or experience exchange.
I would be very pleased about an entry in my visitor's book.
Manfred
http://KAP-Man.de
Manfred