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| mathew | "is there any spin control, like wings? I'd expect it to rotate around the single attachement point. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "awesome! what is the gunk you're using to attach the camera? just tape? " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "cool! a lot of those images and info are on the wikipedia page too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_photography " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "cool flight test! it looks like its one of those cameras that takes a 640x480 image and upscales it to 1280x960. I've seen several of those. be..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "on second thought I think the nylon monofilament will work if you have a good winder for it (I.E. fishing rod). go for at least 10lb. " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Nice! John Wells and SNAPS are masters of this. You might enjoy their rigs and strategies: http://www.armadale.org.uk/snaps.htm " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "nice- beat me to it by a bit. thanks for the link to the data repository " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "here's a $10 calibration card. The DGK Color Tools DKK " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The color target he uses is a X-Rite Digital ColorChecker, but the paper on creating such a target is mccamy1976.pdf " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I have access to the first reference, but it's paywalled. contact me if you need it. Using digital cameras to investigate animal colouration: est..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The second reference (43) on this paper describing how to calibrate the cameras is "Recovering device sensitivities with quadratic programming." Gr..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Woah! beautiful rig and great photos! what a great flower pot, I love the use of the four drainage holes. Do you have any details on the flower p..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "If there was an alternate spot to attach the rubber bands, then the flat opening could be saran wrapped tightly, maybe. with a foam plug in the ot..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I think this is lighter than a soda bottle rig too! nice! I put it on the PET bottle rig page " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Adam, Make a pendulum rig instead-- I'm finding them easier/steadier/less tangley https://www.flickr.com/photos/14397636@N07/9414831007/ " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Rad! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I think that's the Emma Kites stainless steel kite winder I have one. its cool, but is very finicky and easy to get the string wrapped around the b..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "that's a great balloon flight, John-- 18g cameras sure save a lot of helium! " | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I don't think I get same back and forth movement you were getting because my wind fins are much lighter, made from strips of the bottle and not the..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I don't know if it will hold tension on a balloon-- I've been using it on kites. my next balloon flight I'm going to add a loop of line by tying a ..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Thanks Michele, based on your suggestion, I switched to very small carabiners sold for keychains back in April. they work great-- I've had the same..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Jesse-- I've always loved this mini milk crate design-- I think that container would mesh well with some of the techniques used in the FABArig http..." | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| mathew | "What a perfect fit! I'm really impressed by your design and appropriation of materials. I was just thinking-- Jesse Breen used a CD -sized "milk c..." | Read more » | almost 12 years ago | |||
| mathew | "i couldn't find that box on ikea's site-- this is the closest I could find. its a bit big though, in inches: 15 3/4" x 11" x 9 3/4" (5 gallons) in ..." | Read more » | almost 12 years ago |