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Re: [OM] Mammoth E-30 Product Review - Zone-10 Website

Subject: Re: [OM] Mammoth E-30 Product Review - Zone-10 Website
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:15:07 -0400
He meant, of course, the the accelerometers are not suitable for 
leveling boxes of paper products.

Chuck Norcutt

Piers Hemy wrote:
> Presumably by having the two devices set at 180 degrees to one another, you
> can compare the readings from each and work out the attitude of the camera
> body without needing to know its absolute position.  Thus the "leveller"
> simply allows you to adjust the camera attitude until the readings from each
> device are equal.  I suspect "load cell" would be a better description than
> "accelerometer", though doubtless the latter incorporates the former.
> 
> And that would be stationAry, please, Chris!
> 
> Piers
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 March 2009 16:32
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Mammoth E-30 Product Review - Zone-10 Website
> 
> Thanks, Ken.
> 
> I have never heard of a "digital leveller" before and I can't see how it
> might work using 2 accelerometers.
> 
> An accelerometer measures the acceleration of a moving object, not that of a
> stationery one (!).  Unless the camera has an inertial platform, and an idea
> of what the earth's acceleration should be for its position on the earth's
> surface, I can't see how having 2 accelerometers give it a levelling
> instructions.
> 
> Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 8 Mar 2009, at 23:33, Ken Norton wrote:
> 
>> Shameless Plug Alert:
>> Zone-10 has published an extensive product review of the new Olympus 
>> E-30.
>> There's stuff in there that you'll not find in other reviews! Khen 
>> must have steroid-driven typing fingers.
>>
>> Also, we have rearranged the product reviews and they are now listed 
>> in the left-hand column for easy finding.
>>
>> http://www.zone-10.com
>>
>> Thank you
> 
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