seward wrote:Pinecone, sorry for being unclear, but the window in question on my plane is riveted in...no hinges, it does not open. Not all Pax windows on 182s open. On my plane only the Pilot side opens,and we are going to change the pax window.

Reread what he said. He was suggesting another approach to allow the photographer to use the pilot window.

Yes. Sorry I wasn't more clear. Have your photographer sit immediately behind you and use the opening window on the pilot side. This worked for me on my strut-less T210. Maybe sit in the backseat of your own airplane with a camera and see if your strut is much of an impedance through the viewfinder.