Oh my. A book I covet 🙂 I will no doubt use my own designs but as a source of ideas it couldn’t hurt!

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Go ahead, read the whole thing. “Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can events be guided so that we may survive? These questions are investigated. Some possible answers (and some further…

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Rig time… here is a current list of the links I have found interesting in the “build a steady rig” quest. Ed note: I updated this and hid the links behind the [more]. Enjoy! Ed note 2: Updated again

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Some general info that is also worth keeping links to… Ed note: I added a lot of info to this page and broke it up under the MORE. Check it out, learn and be happy.

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I tossed and turned a bit and realized sleep wasn’t going to happen (not feeling too well at the moment) so I got up looking for something useful to do. I had intended research building a “steadicam” rig for handheld use with my video camera. Let’s face it these things are really just a handle->gimbal->offset weight…

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Things/techniques I need to test with the camera… Resolution/grain under good lighting Pan/Tilt stability on a good tripod Color balance test Progressive vs. frame mode Strong sidelight performance (half a face lit, half in shadow) Manual exposure control Manual focus Depth of field tricks… can it be done?

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I am feeling a little better, I got some stuff done today that I will put up for you to grab… for the moment you can hit my stills gallery to see the 3D work I just put in it. This is basically a local copy of my Renderosity Gallery. Enjoy!

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