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Re: More Lelouch Trip thru Paris

To: healey.nut@gmail.com, pdzwig@summaventures.com
Subject: Re: More Lelouch Trip thru Paris
From: "scott willis" <ahpowered@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:11:00 -0600
Looked like a lot o red lights! Whatch out bicyclist.

I'm off to drive through BG, KY right now at 100mph!

Cheers,
S
Mashed BN7

>From: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
>To: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com>
>CC: "Steve B. Gerow" <steveg@abrazosdata.com>,        Healeys  
><healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: More Lelouch Trip thru Paris
>Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:26:48 +0800
>
>This film is known in the industry for being one of the earliest uses
>of a gyroscopically mounted 70mm movie film camera on a car.  Add to
>that very heavy camera a solid car mounting that can hold the
>gyroscope, and it won't shake at all (same equipment they always use
>in helicopter shots).
>
>In fact, to keep the car from spinning out of control, I would have to
>imagine that they probably put around 300 - 500lbs lbs of weights in
>the trunk to keep the car balanced front to rear (I assume the camera
>was mounted in front of the nose of the car just off the pavement).
>This is probably why you hear so much tire screeching in the film
>during turns.. the car is probably carrying a half a ton more stuff
>than it is normally designed to carry.  Normal Ferraris will hardly
>screech making turns at the speeds shown in the film.
>
>This film is genuine... I saw it back in 1982 well before computer
>graphics and all that sort of stuff... it's the real deal.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Alan
>
>'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
>
>On Mar 31, 2005 4:45 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com> wrote:
> > Steve B. Gerow wrote:
> >
> > > The ride is amazingly smooth--wouldn't you think a Ferrari going over 
>those
> > > cobblestones might shake the camera a little?
> > >
> > Intereestingly hat was my wife's coment...it should be shaking!!
> >
>

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