--- Dr E D F Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact we do it all the time. There is a > considerable lag between the > registering of information on the retina and the > final production of > information in the brain. What we see (always) has > already happened and is > in the past - there is no present.
True, but the time it takes from the instant I decide I wish to capture an image to the instant the 2nd shutter closes insures that the image on the film is the future state of the scene I originally saw and decided to photograph. And mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy! ;-) Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:21 AM > Subject: Re: Zooms vs. primes: the final word and > ultimate wisdom > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Thursday, July 17, 2003, 12:36:18 AM, you wrote: > > > > > > > On 16 Jul 2003 at 10:30, Michael Bergstrom > wrote: > > > > > > >> I held out a fleeting hope that its ability > to focus slightly beyond > > > >> infinity would allow me to capture images of > objects as they once > appeared in the past, > > > > > > > How cool would that be :-) > > > > > > it's what we already do. > > > > Well yes we do when viewing distant space objects > but we don't have to > focus > > past infinity to do that :-) > > > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
