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Old April 3rd 09, 02:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Simon Taylor[_2_]
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Default Wingtip Camera

At 23:42 02 April 2009, NG wrote:
Anybody have a recommendation for a small thin digital camera with
decent quality that might be suitable for taping to a winglet for
inflight down-the-wing shots, with a connection for an rf remote?
Have not been able to find a small camera with remote option.
Thanks...


Canon IXUS compacts capable of running the 'CHDK' software (third party
software for your digital camera, no matter how odd that sounds) allow the
shutter to be triggered by applying a voltage to the USB port on the
camera.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK

The RF remote would have to be adapted from something suitable; to trigger
an old 35mm camera I used a wireless doorbell. Of course, keep in mind that
nowadays there's always the lazy option of setting the camera to interval
shooting and letting the multi-gigabyte card fill up!

Simon