Types of aerial cameras - photogrammetry

Types of aerial cameras

1. Photogrammetry
Types of Aerial Cameras
By
Prasenjit Bhowmick
Asst. Professor
DREAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Civil Engineering Dept.

2. Types of
aerial
cameras
Topics

3. Types of aerial cameras
1•Single-lens cameras,
2•Multi-lens Cameras
3•Strip Cameras
4•Panoramic Cameras

4. 1. Single-lens frame cameras
Mostly
used
Mapping
purposes
Fixed Lens
Fixed film

5. Classified by angular field of view.
(a)Normalangle(upto75°)
(b)Wideangle(75to100°)
(c)Super-wideangle(>100°)
'-Rear nodal pointof camera lens

6. Fairchild KC-6A
aerial mapping
camera
Focal-length : 152-mm.

7. Wild RC-IO
aerial
mapping
camera
Focallengthsof89
mm.,152mm.,210
mm.,or305mm.

8. •305 mm focal length.
•film capacity 1,220 m.
lTEK LFC Large Format single-lens frame
camera

9. •Addition to
topographic mapping.
lTEK LFC Large Format single-lens frame
camera

10. Hasselbla
d MK-70
camera
•Smallformatsingle-lensframe
camera.

11. Hasselbla
d MK-70
camera
•Usedextensivelyforspace
photography.
•.

12. Hasselbla
d MK-70
camera
•Uses70mmfilmwithvariousfocal-
length.
•.

13. •Twoormorelensesandexposesame
picturessimultaneously
MPCmultilenscamera-havingsixlenses
2. Multi-lens Frame Cameras

14. •Alllensessimultaneouslyexposethe
samearea,
MPCmultilenscamera-havingsixlenses
2. Multi-lens Frame Cameras

15. •Different lenses contain films
•Multi-spectral
MPCmultilenscamera-havingsixlenses
2. Multi-lens Frame Cameras

16. •Continuousphotograph
3. Strip Cameras

17. •Thefilmpassesoveranarrowslit
3. Strip Cameras

18. •Useasingleortwolensestoget
stereoscopiccoverage.
3. Strip Cameras

19. •UsefulinRoutestudiesforHighways,
railroads,pipelineetc.
3. Strip Cameras

20. 4. Panoramic Cameras
A strip of terrain from horizon to horizon.

21. 4. Panoramic Cameras
The strip terrain taken transverse to the
direction of flight

22. 4. Panoramic Cameras
Scans laterally from one side to the
other

23. 4. Panoramic Cameras
The lateral scan angle angle may be
180
0

24. 4a. Type of Panoramic Cameras
Rotating lens
Rotating prism in front of camera lens