Pretty cool. I will look out for the show and you. On 1/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday I visited the 101 building (largest in the world they say) in > Taipei (business trip). > > In the top of the building there is a huge heavy ball mounted on > dempers, this system has to absorb the energy if the whole tower tends > to come to resonance in case of earthshakes. > There was a discovery channel team making video recordings with a huge > 8mm fisheye lens (about 15cm I guess!), I asked if I could fit the lens > on my camera to take some pictures. > They said, it was a Nikon lens but the mount was modified. > I was standing next to the camera and of course with the 8mm, a full 180 > degrees I was in the picture. > Than they asked me to bent over and pretend to make pictures of the ball. > I did and made sure that the PENTAX logo on my DS was showing. > > So if you watch the DISCOVERY program on the 101 building of Taipei: the > guy with the DS is me! > > Jos > >
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