Airplane Photography

Name: Airplane Photography
Author: Ives, Herbert Eugene

Ives, Herbert Eugene

Aerial photography

The greatest debt of all, however, is to those officers who have formed
the staff of the Experimental Department. To mention them by name:
Captain C. A. Proctor, who was charged with our foreign liaison, and who
acted as deputy chief during the writer's absence overseas; Captain A.
K. Chapman, in charge of the work on optical parts, and later chief of
our Rochester Branch; Captain E. F. Kingsbury, who had immediate charge
of camera development; Lieutenant J. B. Brinsmade and Mr. R. P.
Wentworth, who handled the experimental work on camera mountings and
installation; Lieutenant A. H. Nietz, in charge of the Langley Field
Laboratory of the Experimental Department; Mr. R. B. Wilsey and
Lieutenant J. M. Hammond, who, with Lieutenant Nietz, carried on the
experimental work on sensitized materials. A large part of what is new
and what is ascribed in the following chapters to “The American Air
Service” is the work of this group of men. Were individual references
made, in place of this general and inclusive one, their names would
thickly sprinkle these pages. It has been a rare privilege to have
associates so able, enthusiastic, and loyal.

                                                              THE AUTHOR

 NOVEMBER, 1919

                                CONTENTS

                             I. INTRODUCTORY

 CHAPTER                                                            PAGE

  1. GENERAL SURVEY                                                   15

  2. THE AIRPLANE CONSIDERED AS A CAMERA PLATFORM                     20

                         II. THE AIRPLANE CAMERA

  3. THE CAMERA—GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS                                39

  4. LENSES FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY                                    44

  5. THE SHUTTER                                                      68

  6. PLATE-HOLDERS AND MAGAZINES                                      87

  7. HAND-HELD CAMERAS FOR AERIAL WORK                                95

  8. NON-AUTOMATIC AERIAL PLATE CAMERAS                              102

  9. SEMI-AUTOMATIC AERIAL PLATE CAMERAS                             116

 10. AUTOMATIC AERIAL PLATE CAMERAS                                  124

 11. AERIAL FILM CAMERAS                                             130

 12. MOTIVE POWER FOR AERIAL CAMERAS                                 145

 13. CAMERA AUXILIARIES                                              163

        III. THE SUSPENSION AND INSTALLATION OF AIRPLANE CAMERAS

 14. THEORY AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF METHODS OF CAMERA SUSPENSION   179

 15. PRACTICAL CAMERA MOUNTINGS                                      193

 16. INSTALLATION OF CAMERAS AND MOUNTINGS IN PLANES                 208

                 IV. SENSITIZED MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS

 17. THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT, SHADE AND COLOR IN THE AERIAL VIEW   221

 18. CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS                       227

 19. FILTERS                                                         239

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Airplane Photography

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