Nikon Rumors Forum » Topic: Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4 where there’s smoke there’s forum fire en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://nikonrumors.com/forum/search.php NikoDoby on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-26771 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:23:51 +0000 NikoDoby 26771@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

I've used an R/C Helicopter to spy on my neighbors :^)

http://www.enjoyhobbies.biz/rc-helicopters/beginners/art-tech-rc-helicopter-eagle-eye-with-wireless-vedio-camera-4ch-rtf

jonnyapple on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-26765 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:49:14 +0000 jonnyapple 26765@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Has anyone here ever tried kite photography?

bmxdad on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-26753 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:49:56 +0000 bmxdad 26753@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

smarterchild said:
Gives me ideas of possiblities! awesome story. anyplace to see the rest of the photographs?

btw how did they manage to take pictures? did they put a timer on the camera to take a picture every min? or so.

Here is there Flickr Site with some great shots

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meteotek08/sets/72157614847488964/

Pete

BTW, should have used a bigger balloon and taken a D40 to space

NSXType-R on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-26751 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:38:26 +0000 NSXType-R 26751@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Let's see you try that with a D3!

It'd barely get off the ground!

Nice work guys!

smarterchild on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-26747 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:02:32 +0000 smarterchild 26747@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Gives me ideas of possiblities! awesome story. anyplace to see the rest of the photographs?

btw how did they manage to take pictures? did they put a timer on the camera to take a picture every min? or so.

8ella8 on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-26745 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:17:48 +0000 8ella8 26745@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Wow... That's insane!

Gary L on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-166 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:35:12 +0000 Gary L 166@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Truly a fantastic story with several conclusions..... not the least of which being that the end results don't necessarily require boatloads of money invested in the latest gear.

I wonder how many of today's users take full advantage of their gears' capabilities?!?

[NR] admin on "Teens capture images of space with cheap CoolPix camera and balloon" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=4#post-4 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:02:13 +0000 [NR] admin 4@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Coolpix are still good for something:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5005022/Teens-capture-images-of-space-with-56-camera-and-balloon.html