John Sessoms wrote:
From: "Bob W"
My husband snapped this yesterday with his iPhone. The
> propeller of
> > the plane was moving at the time, but appears still, although very
> > droopy:
> > > > http://inielsen.com//bloggerpics/droopy1.jpg
> > > > I'm looking for reassurance that this is some kind of iphone
camera > > artifact, and not indicative of the air-worthiness of
said plane, > > which he assures me will be ready to fly "very
soon"....
> > As long as his insurance premiums are up to date, what's the >
problem? ;-D
> > It is an artifact of the capture. Evidently the iPhone scans >
the image, and the propeller blades moved during the scan. >
Different parts of the blade were captured in different > positions
during the scan.
> > I read about some guy a couple years back who was using a >
flat-bed scanner in place of the film holder on a 8x10 camera > and
was generating these kinds of distortion purposefully.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
done
is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been
already of old time, which was before us.
<http://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-slit-scan.html>
Yeah? But how good can it really be?
I didn't see duct tape mentioned at all in the article.
Aaaaahhhh, duct tape. I think I know something about that.
http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/6476072.jpg
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