The lion kingdom was quite disappointed when, after years of seeing photos of rocket launches, the mundane methods of making those photos were revealed.  There's no cameralion next to the launchpad squeezing off spectacular shots while the smoke blows by.  There's no specialized rocket photographing robot.


They're ordinary DSLR's with sound triggers, enclosed in tupperware containers.  Usually, there's not even a rocket on the pad.  They're carefully aimed at landmarks, to guess where the rocket will be.  They're mounted on tripods secured with tent posts & waterproofed.  The setup is done hours before the launch, when nothing is happening.  It's a very boring process.

The mane problem with this is the cameras can't start until the engine noise starts.  They can't get video of the engines starting.   They can't follow the rocket upward.  Attempts to get audio have failed because of the weatherproofing.

The lion kingdom has always thought the best solution is to apply dashcam software to a DSLR.  It should record in a loop, then save everything from 1 minute before the sound trigger.  The mane reason this will never be provided in a DSLR is the European tax on anything that can record more than 30 minutes of video.  Any solution needs to get the file boundaries when the rocket is known to not be lifting off.