I am mounting a camera on a hypersonic rocket, with hopes of capturing some pictures of the earth from the upper atmosphere. The biggest challenge, is that the rocket rotates at about 3-4 revolutions per second, so I'm trying to decide what speed of film I need to use.
Right now I have a modified Cannon Advantix Camera. I am not even sure if this camera can support film speeds of over 800 ISO. Can anyone help me chose a film speed that fit this application?
2006-06-26 06:28:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
I am mounting a camera on a hypersonic rocket, with hopes of capturing some pictures of the earth from the upper atmosphere. The biggest challenge, is that the rocket rotates at about 3-4 revolutions per second, so I'm trying to decide what speed of film I need to use.
Right now I have a modified Cannon Advantix Camera. I am not even sure if this camera can support film speeds of over 800 ISO. Can anyone help me chose a film speed that fit this application?
**A little more information: I've flown this very camera in a weather balloon to 106,000 feet with virtually no trouble whatsoever. Temperature was actually less of a problem than expected due to solar radiation in the absence of thick atmosphere.
This rocket project is very similar to the balloon, except for the extreme rate of rotation, and this is my biggest concern. If anyone can quantify the relationship between movement speed and film speed, I would appreciate it.
2006-06-26 07:05:41 · update #1
The following URL will lead to some of the images taken from the weather balloon last fall:
http://nasa.asu.edu/projects/ascend/
2006-06-26 07:10:34 · update #2
I'm assuming the camera is going to be mounted in a holding area of some type to be sure the film nor the camera parts burn once it reaches the outer atmosphere.
Otherwise you are going to need a high film speed. 800 - 1600 along with a small aperature (5.6 or lower) as the earth is quite bright from out there.
2006-06-26 06:33:00 · answer #1 · answered by Ipshwitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a better camera and a film speed of no less than 1200.
2006-06-26 06:32:08 · answer #2 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is possible to use the B&W film of 3200 and shutter speed of 1/500 or 1/1000 sec.
But change the camera.
2006-06-27 01:44:43 · answer #3 · answered by bigonegrande 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get serious. You know that the camera would freeze in that thin atmosphere!
2006-06-26 06:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by tequila_girl98 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋