On 6/6/08, Walter Hamler, discombobulated, unleashed: >OK, I printed Bill's full image at 10" on a piece of paper. Assuming >he was shooting with a standard 23.5 x 15.7 mm sensor, the image is >10.8X on the paper. Measuring the image size with a machinist ruler I >come up with an image size on the sensor of .033 inch. Assuming the >plane to be a DC-10, at 180 feet long, he was flying at 43000 ft. >That's probably pretty close. Now, I still haven't figured out the >pilots name but I'm still working on that !! >:-)
NOT being a plane geek at all (Adam is best at that), may I offer that the plane in the pic is not a DC-10 as that type does not have winglets (visible in the pic). I think it might be a 757-200 :) But hey what's a few feet between friends as he actress said to the bishop.... (cue Mr Maas) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
