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Time to stop flying?
[taking mobile phone pictures through plane windows]
saying the pic through a window wont be a great shot and phones take poor quality pics. And I disagree on both counts. taking photos through glass or plastic windows (especially distorted, milky, scratched glass or plastic) degrades quality and blocks off the ability to get an interesting foreground (especially when the window is in motion). that camera phones are poor quality isnt worth arguning about. It would be nice if planes had a few decent-quality cameras mounted under the fuselage which the passengers could monitor in flight and selectively download pictures from. I wonder what they'd have to charge to make it pay? ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts |
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Following up to Jack Campin - bogus address
taking photos through glass or plastic windows (especially distorted, milky, scratched glass or plastic) degrades quality and blocks off the ability to get an interesting foreground (especially when the window is in motion). that camera phones are poor quality isnt worth arguning about. It would be nice if planes had a few decent-quality cameras mounted under the fuselage which the passengers could monitor in flight and selectively download pictures from. I wonder what they'd have to charge to make it pay? i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! -- "Mike....."(not "Mike") remove clothing to email |
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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote in
: [taking mobile phone pictures through plane windows] saying the pic through a window wont be a great shot and phones take poor quality pics. And I disagree on both counts. taking photos through glass or plastic windows (especially distorted, milky, scratched glass or plastic) degrades quality and blocks off the ability to get an interesting foreground (especially when the window is in motion). that camera phones are poor quality isnt worth arguning about. It would be nice if planes had a few decent-quality cameras mounted under the fuselage which the passengers could monitor in flight and selectively download pictures from. I wonder what they'd have to charge to make it pay? ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts They used to. American had one on their D10 looking over the pilot's right shoulder. After the crash in Chicago, they removed them as the law suits demanded extra compensation due to the pain and suffering of the passengers seeing their impending death. -- Marty Shapiro Silicon Rallye Inc. (remove SPAMNOT to email me) |
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Time to stop flying?
"Mike....." wrote in message news i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! Fly Emirates then. They leave the nose and 'look down' cameras on throughout the whole flight. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:57:45 +0100, "Mike....."
wrote: Following up to Jack Campin - bogus address taking photos through glass or plastic windows (especially distorted, milky, scratched glass or plastic) degrades quality and blocks off the ability to get an interesting foreground (especially when the window is in motion). that camera phones are poor quality isnt worth arguning about. It would be nice if planes had a few decent-quality cameras mounted under the fuselage which the passengers could monitor in flight and selectively download pictures from. I wonder what they'd have to charge to make it pay? i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! Cathay Pacific used to have those. I don't know if they still do or not. |
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Time to stop flying?
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:00:27 +0100 'William Black' wrote this on rec.travel.air: "Mike....." wrote in message news i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! Fly Emirates then. They leave the nose and 'look down' cameras on throughout the whole flight. Yes I noticed that on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Bangkok. |
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Time to stop flying?
"z0ned0ut" wrote in message 7.0.0.1... On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:00:27 +0100 'William Black' wrote this on rec.travel.air: "Mike....." wrote in message news i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! Fly Emirates then. They leave the nose and 'look down' cameras on throughout the whole flight. Yes I noticed that on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Bangkok. ANA has them too. At least on the 767 that I flew HKG-NRT. |
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"William Black" wrote in message ... "Mike....." wrote in message news i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! Fly Emirates then. They leave the nose and 'look down' cameras on throughout the whole flight. Mostly it's like a cameraphone view, though Cheers, George W Russell Bangalore |
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Time to stop flying?
Mike..... writes:
i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! The A380 has cameras mounted outside the aircraft. |
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Time to stop flying?
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:45:00 +0200 'Mxsmanic' wrote this on rec.travel.air: Mike..... writes: i'd like to be able to see the approach from an underplane camera! The A380 has cameras mounted outside the aircraft. Are you sure they're not wing mirrors for the pilot? |
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