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UFO Button
A UFO button on cameras and video cams that locks focus to infinity | |
The problem with almost all UFO footage is that the camera
struggles to keep focus on the textureless sky. A UFO is something
that is usually far enough away that infinite focus would work.
There should be a button on all cameras, including smartphone
ones,
marked UFO, that immediately sets
focus to infinity an
intelligently
optimizes shutter with the assumption of the user trying to
capture a
moving object in the sky. If it is night time, very bright lights
should
also be anticipated and not be overexposed.
Another problem is that when the user is zoomed in that it is easy
to
lose the erratic moving object from view. Therefore, pressing the
UFO button again should cause the camera to rapidly zoom out
fully in
order for the user to find the UFO again in the viewfinder.
And if you don't believe in UFOs I think the infinity focus thing
would
still be a nifty feature to have.
London passive blah blah blah..
http://www.economis...-aircraft-programme
[not_morrison_rm, Apr 07 2013]
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Could work in tandem with the new London passive radar system...or just a normal bicycle. |
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would this assist with peregrines? |
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We have a pretty nice digital still/video camera that has a
setting called 'INF'. It locks the focal plane at infinity in
both modes. It sounds a lot like your idea, although I feel
that 'INF' mode is more versatile than 'UFO' mode because
it can be used to film anything at an unknown range, not
just UFOs. |
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At the moment I'm too lazy to get up and find out which
camera has this feature, but it's either a Kodak or a Canon.
Or maybe it's my dad's Nikon. Come to think of it, my 12X
32mm AA Countersniper has an infinity setting as well.
Anyway, the tech already
exists and is OTS available. |
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Another UFO button could be used to superimpose an UFO blurred image on the background. |
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The funny thing is that, although the likelihood of any
random person having a camera on their person at any
given time has increased by 28-fold in the last 15 years,
photographs of UFOs and of cryptozoids have actually
decreased. |
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This is worrying. It means, clearly, that extraterrestrials
and living dinosaurs are both capable of detecting (and
thusfor avoiding) mobile phones. |
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How far away are UFOs usually? |
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I always thought "UFO" was just shorthand for UnFOcused. Imagine my surprise. Welcome Eon. |
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Unidentified Fuzzy Objects. Meaning that many are now
identified as LOLcatz rather than aliens, so the perceived
drop in UFO pictures is just because... well, people can tell
from your Facebook profile that you haven't actually *been*
to Roswell. |
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The last couple of point and shoots I've had have a
"landscape" setting that does this. |
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An analysis of photographs of UFOs take over the
past 65 years indicates that nearly all such photos,
film or digital, appear to be fuzzy, out of focus. |
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The answer to this seeming problem is that, in
fact, a great number of those photos are actually
in good focus: UFOs, therefore, are actually fuzzy. |
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I suspect it's a manifestation of the improbability
drive used in interstellar travel, as was so
brilliantly explained by Douglas Adams. |
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It could be something as simple as active camoflage or
energetic drive emmissions. |
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Yes, welcome to Eon.
Next to the UFO button could be an Oh-No button, which you press in case the alien being/creature sneaks up on you while you are staring at the fuzzy UFO through the viewer. |
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There needs to be a motion capture Sasquatch setting. |
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The UFO button should also upload your video to the internet on any sudden motion of the camera. Thus if you are about to be captured by the UFO / hugged amorously by Bugfoot you can throw the camera to save the moment for posterity. |
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// The answer to this seeming problem is that, in fact, a great number of those photos are actually in good focus: UFOs, therefore, are actually fuzzy. |
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Mitch Hedberg once noted that the problem is that Bigfoot actually is fuzzy. |
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Have you ever noticed- Bigfoot is never around when
UFOs are? |
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