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Subject: [OM] Re: Adding a little science to the group photograph
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:55:18 -0500
I'll also take this opportunity to note that the formula does not 
consider the extremely short durations of flash photos.

Chuck Norcutt

Nick Wilson wrote:
> usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>  Hmmm,
> Physicists delving into biological systems.  A very useful approach though 
> the assumptions can be inaccurate.
> Blinking frequency is also a function of activity.  One suspects this 
> decreases when posing for a a group picture.  He also used a system with a 
> faster sych speed than my OM-2.  I would rather trust  Dr. Flash's judgment 
> as to how many shots are required for a keeper.
> Mike 
> 
> 
> Perhaps I missed the beginning of this thread, but there is research in.
> 
> The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize for Mathematics went to Nic Svenson and Piers 
> Barnes from the CSIRO for their research into the number of group photos 
> needed to (almost) ensure that no-one has their eyes shut.
> 
> http://velocity.ansto.gov.au/velocity/ans0011/article_06.asp
> 
> Details of all prize winners at: 
> http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html. My favourite: the 2004 Ig 
> Nobel Peace Prize for inventing karaoke to Daisuke Inoue.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Nick
> 
> PS My nephew is into physics and not into biology. To correct this 
> glaring deficiency, one of his little pressies for this Christmas is an 
> extract from Richard Dawkin's 'Climbing Mt Improbable' on the eye. It 
> reads like physics, but is really biology. Sneaky, eh? It all meets 
> somewhere in the middle. In the case of animals, perhaps it meats 
> somewhere in the middle.
> 
> 
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