GoPro sticked to a Rocket => Round Earth

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NewtonMan

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GoPro sticked to a Rocket => Round Earth
« on: May 06, 2016, 06:33:05 AM »
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You can admire the beauty of the curved horizon  ;D

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rabinoz

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Re: GoPro sticked to a Rocket => Round Earth
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2016, 06:49:09 PM »
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You can admire the beauty of the curved horizon  ;D
I certainly know that we live on a globe, but like most goPros that uses quite a wide angle lens with considerable barrel distortion (loosely, but incorrectly labelled a "fish-eye").

Note at 1:47s it shows "wonderful curvature",
  but at 1:51s there is a slight curve on the horizon
then at 1:56s the curvature is distinctly "concave", not "convex".

So, while I would agree that it shows slight curvature, you would gets lots of arguments against.

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Jadyyn

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Re: GoPro sticked to a Rocket => Round Earth
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2016, 07:42:50 AM »
Ya, definitely "fish-eye".

At :10, the horizon is concave and everything isn't "normal".
At :17, the fences are very distorted. I assume they should be linear.

BTW, even IF the camera had a "normal" (~50-55 mm lens), depending on where in the frame the horizon is also determines "curvature". Probably the "fish-eye" exaggerates this even more.
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