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From: Paul Furman on 4 Jul 2010 10:26 David J Taylor wrote: > "Paul Furman" wrote >> David J Taylor wrote: >>> Paul Furman wrote >>>> David J Taylor wrote: >>>>> Movie from the Nikon D3S - see: >>>>> >>>>> http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EarthObservatory/SunrisetoSunsetaboardtheSpaceStation.htm >>>> >>>> I don't see any video? >>> >>> See the links just below the three images - the animations ate at: >> >> Ah, OK after all three... They should have taken more frames to smooth >> it out but still awesome time lapse, thanks. > > Yes, I would have liked more frames as well. Perhaps they're worried > about server bandwidth! <G> I wonder whether they used an auto-timer. > Does the D3S have that? Yes I'm sure it has a timer, D200 & D700 do though it only goes to 999 frames, that's 30 seconds at 30fps. The NASA time lapse is more like 5fps though.
From: John Navas on 5 Jul 2010 02:22 On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:17:37 -0500, in <4C317901.D2749211(a)concentric.net>, John Turco <jtur(a)concentric.net> wrote: >David J Taylor wrote: >> >> "Paul Furman" <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote in message >> news:Z8qdnfx7jv0c9rLRnZ2dnUVZ_vCdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> > David J Taylor wrote: >> >> Movie from the Nikon D3S - see: >> >> >> >> http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EarthObservatory/SunrisetoSunsetaboardtheSpaceStation.htm >> > >> > I don't see any video? >> >> See the links just below the three images - the animations ate at: >> >> http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EarthObservatory/SunrisetoSunsetaboardtheSpaceStation_files/STS131_orbit_H264_sm.mov >> >> http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EarthObservatory/SunrisetoSunsetaboardtheSpaceStation_files/STS131_orbit_H264_lrg.mov >NASA must have an excellent cafeteria, if even >animations< want to >eat there! Perhaps, "Marvin the Martian" rocketed over, for a snack? With $20000 toilet seats*, why would you expect anything less?! * Yes, I know that's a myth. ;) -- John "We have met the enemy and he is us" -Pogo
From: David J Taylor on 5 Jul 2010 02:45 > NASA must have an excellent cafeteria, if even >animations< want to > eat there! Perhaps, "Marvin the Martian" rocketed over, for a snack? > > -- > Cordially, > John Turco <jtur(a)concentric.net> s/t/r/
From: David J Taylor on 20 Jul 2010 04:38 "John Turco" <jtur(a)concentric.net> wrote in message news:4C454B62.65F127DA(a)concentric.net... [] > Please, don't be so enigmatic! What does "s/t/r/" stand for? > > -- > Cordially, I thought you would remember command-line editors - it stands for "swap" "t" for "r", i.e. ate => are Cheers, David
From: Wolfgang Weisselberg on 20 Jul 2010 15:34
David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > "John Turco" <jtur(a)concentric.net> wrote in message >> Please, don't be so enigmatic! What does "s/t/r/" stand for? > I thought you would remember command-line editors - it stands for "swap" > "t" for "r", i.e. ate => are s/swap/substitute/ swap would imply are => ate as well. -Wolfgang |