Re: OT: Zoespokes

2011-12-05 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 07:09:22AM +0100, mike wilson wrote: On 02/12/2011 18:27, Bob W wrote: Much better than pink shiny tassles: http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/ I wonder if they actually work as you view them in real life. Even zoetropes had a rudimentary

Re: OT: Zoespokes

2011-12-05 Thread steve harley
on 2011-12-05 11:27 John Francis wrote I'd bet these zoespokes only work on video (or, presumably, film). They are probably also extremely sensitive to the speed at which the wheel was turning; a key feature of a real zoetrope is that the viewing shutter is synchronised with the image frame

Re: OT: Zoespokes

2011-12-04 Thread mike wilson
On 02/12/2011 18:27, Bob W wrote: Much better than pink shiny tassles: http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/ I wonder if they actually work as you view them in real life. Even zoetropes had a rudimentary shutter. There's only one way to find out, I suppose --

Re: OT: Zoespokes

2011-12-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Those were pretty cool optical illusions. On 12/2/2011 12:27 PM, Bob W wrote: Much better than pink shiny tassles: http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/ B -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML

Re: OT: Zoespokes

2011-12-02 Thread Tom C
From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Much better than pink shiny tassles: http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/ B That's pretty neat! More after my seizure subsides... Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net