Yup, Bob it was probably by Ken Labs. There gyros have been around for sometime now and work great. But heave as he77. http://www.ken-lab.com/stabilizers.html Les -----Original Message----- >From: Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Feb 2, 2008 5:45 PM >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Stable cameras - Was Sony > >Many years ago, probably in the mid 70s, a energy conservation >photographer that frequented the camera shop I worked in bought a >stabilizer so he could take IR photos of buildings from an aircraft to >isolate the places that were "heat leaks" . > >It was, as I remember, about the size of a large beer can and had a >screw mount for a camera on top . I there was a power connector on the >bottom and maybe something else. The inside had a nitrogen >'atmosphere' and gyroscopes. When power was applied and the gyros wound >up I seem to remember hand holding a body with, I believe, a 300mm or >400 mm lens. An expensive little tool, but wow!, did it work....... > >Bob > >-- > ///// > ( O O ) >--------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Woman on trip with photographer always gets exposed............ > > >
