Hand camera HK 101B for the FlightGear flight simulator

Project information

Adds an additional key binding, Shift-F3, optionally a shutter sound, optionally changing field of view when taking the screenshot, and eventually optionally a 3D model of a camera.

The camera is modeled after the camera used by many Saab 37 Viggen pilots, Handkamera HK 101B (literally "hand camera" HK 101B), a modified Contax 137MA with viewfinder and some controls removed, locked, or painted over.

The camera was used to document encountered aircraft when doing visual identification (VID), but also for many of the great photos taken by Viggen pilots over the years.

The lenses they used seems to mostly have been the Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* f/2.8 85 mm and the Planar T* f/2 100 mm, the former seemingly more common.

FlightGear add-on