On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:00:18 GMT, The Ghost In The Machine put finger to keyboard and composed:
In sci.physics, Sea Squid
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>on Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:05:42 +0800
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>> I was watching the documenrary Century of Warfare. It has some
>> segments of how the video shot when missiles and bombs are closing
>> on the target. I guess the missile will fly to the target at 334m/s so the
>> camera must have a extremely fast zooming and autofocus trick. Can
>> anybody here provide me with some information?
>>
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>If the camera operator can tell a building from a rock, that's
>probably all the focus one needs. Hitting the right building
>is a plus -- as shown in Bosnia. :-)
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>Besides, the missile is moving quite fast. Does the operator
>have time to pull out a lightmeter and estimate f-stop? :-)
If the operator is a pigeon, maybe ...
Biological guidance and delivery techniques were under development during WW2:
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I had to laugh at this quote:
"Skinner also learned that pigeons were seemingly fearless when feeding on hemp seed."
- Franc Zabkar