This one should really be modded up! I can't believe no one else did the maths and/or was sceptic about that story (or at least the 13 minute bit).
196 pictures in 13 minutes is 4 seconds per picture. 40784 / 14 gives 2913 horizontal pixels used from each picture. So 100 pixels were thrown away or meaning that each picture had a 50 pixel overlap! Considering that his finale image covers an angle of 63 degrees, this would mean that 50 pixels is about 0.075 degrees.
So: he only needs 4 seconds to align a digital camera on a tripod to a certain position with an accuracy of 0.075 degrees ??? I would be very interested to see the tripod head that allows you to do so.
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This one should really be modded up! I can't believe no one else did the maths and/or was sceptic about that story (or at least the 13 minute bit). 196 pictures in 13 minutes is 4 seconds per picture. 40784 / 14 gives 2913 horizontal pixels used from each picture. So 100 pixels were thrown away or meaning that each picture had a 50 pixel overlap! Considering that his finale image covers an angle of 63 degrees, this would mean that 50 pixels is about 0.075 degrees. So: he only needs 4 seconds to align a digital camera on a tripod to a certain position with an accuracy of 0.075 degrees ??? I would be very interested to see the tripod head that allows you to do so.