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From: mike@peregrine.UUCP (Mike Wexler)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: IMAX and the Shuttle flights
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Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 16:11:49 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  2 16:11:49 1985
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> 
> > One of the problems that they had filming the movie was the gyroscopic
> > effect of the film reels in the camera.  Seems it was difficult to move the
> > camera out of the plane of rotation.  Note that the camera can eat 1000 feet
> > of film in a matter of 3 minutes.
> > -- 
> > Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH   University of Maryland, Computer Science Center
> 
> One simple way to fix that is to have the film reels turn in oppisite
> directions. This way the gyroscopic effect is almost cancelled.
> 
> Since they are going to make a newer camera, I don't see much difficulty
> in modifying the take up reel so that it spins backwards...
> 
> Peter Barada
> {ihnp4!inmet|{harvard|cca}!ima}!pbear!peterb

How about digital recording of the picture.  There would be no gyroscopic 
effect at all.  This may not be feasible yet.  How about immediate transmission
of a digitized signal.  Maybe someone else out there can come up with a clever
non-mechanical method that could be used.

									Always a dreamer,
											Mike Wexler


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