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House view from above

04.08.2006

Catalogs of homes for sale usually include photographs of these cottages, but a simple photograph from the facade does not give a complete picture of the real object.

The German engineer Ingolf Poltzin opened a small firm for photographing houses, if not from a bird's eye view, then, in any case, from an upper angle. The sliding aluminum tripod designed by him allows you to take pictures from a height of up to 18 meters, and, being at the foot of this "tower", you can turn, tilt the camera, change the focal length of the lens. The photographer sees on the monitor screen everything that has fallen into the lens of a digital camera, and selects the most spectacular frame.

The service is in high demand. One picture costs 140 euros.

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