Re: Recent KSC visit

[Rick DeNatale]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:00:21 -0400, Mike Flugennock wrote:

> What you'd probably need to do then -- if space allows -- if you want the
> entire Saturn stack without the perspective distortion, is to shoot frames
> while translating along the length of the vehicle while maintaining
> distance and viewing angle, instead of "swinging" from the hips and
> panning down the length of it.

Which would be easier to do with the horizontal Sat V at KSC than the
vertical full size model in Huntsville.

[OM]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 22:58:10 -0400, "Rick DeNatale" >
wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:00:21 -0400, Mike Flugennock wrote:
>
>> What you'd probably need to do then -- if space allows -- if you want the
>> entire Saturn stack without the perspective distortion, is to shoot frames
>> while translating along the length of the vehicle while maintaining
>> distance and viewing angle, instead of "swinging" from the hips and
>> panning down the length of it.
>
>Which would be easier to do with the horizontal Sat V at KSC than the
>vertical full size model in Huntsville.

....How so? IIRC, there's a sidewalk running parallel to the Huntsville
S-V as there is at JSC. Just set two legs of the tripod on the edge of
the sidewalk, and start moving down one end to the other.


OM

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