Re: Digital camera pix

["Finn Hammer" <f-hammer-at-post5.tele.dk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Gary!

Congratulations to your new toy, great pictures!

03-07-1999, Jamie Mereness <mereness-at-dti-dot-net> posted a link to some
pictures he had taken with a Nicon 950 coolpix camera. I enclose a link
to these pictures, cos. they are quite stunning too, with fine rendition
of the banjo effect. And that even a one year old camera "had it in it".
I never got close enough with my Olympus C-830L to make such pictures, a
tele lens is needed.

http://www.weird-dot-org/Physics/Images/fullsize/Closeup3.jpg

As originating from this page:

http://www.weird-dot-org/Physics/action.htm

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> Today I began playing with my new toy, an Olympus C3000 3.3 megapixel
> digital camera.  This model seemed particularly well suited for arc pictures
> because one has the option of reverting to manual focus, aperture, and
> "shutter" speed, up to 16 full seconds.  The color and resolution of the
> images just blow me away, it's too bad that the best quality images are so
> large.  But I digress...
> 
> I've noticed that arc pictures show the so-called banjo effect much more
> pronounced than do film-based pictures I've taken.  Does anyone know if this
> is simply a result of the better focus and resolution, or does the image
> sensor not truly integrate continuously over the exposure interval, instead
> taking discrete samples in time and adding them?
> 
> A sample picture is on my web site at:
> http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/super_banjo.jpg
> <http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/super_banjo.jpg>  (120KB)
> 
> Regards, Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA