Re: Lego Pan Camera!

[Alan & Shari Kafton <shmooze@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alan Zinn wrote:
> 
> At 02:27 PM 11/27/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hey Ron ,
> >   Sorry you missed the Quebec IAPP convention...we had a fellow there
> >that
> >actually made a panorama camera out of all Lego block toy parts. The
> >only thing
> >that wasn't Lego was the lens and the body of the camera. He said that
> >more
> >people should be using Lego gears and motors since they are very
> >accurate. His
> >camera operated as a strip camera only, but it did work quite well.
> >Perhaps if
> >you built one too, you could photograph all the dog sleds in a line
> >taking off
> >in that big race you have up there in Alaska! Are the poodles still
> >running?
> >My best,
> >George S. Pearl, QPP
> >Atlanta, Ga.
> >
> >Ron Klein wrote:
> >
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> >>
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> 
> guys,
> The Legocam made the trip to Quebec worth while for me - real genius at
> work.  We need to get Tom Fuller the builder to get some pictures to
> Camerabuilders.
> 
> AZ
> 
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> 
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Actually, the body of the camera was made of Legos too!!  It didn't look
like legos because it was covered over with very thin wood to seal out
light that would leak through the legos.  WAY TOO COOL!!

Got to run....I'm leaving for SFO to catch a plane to Japan.  Besides
boring business stuff, I hope to get half a day to look at all the
latest toys.  Usually Epson introduces their latest models around
Christmas time in Japan -- 6 months earlier than the U.S.

--Alan