Mark, et.al. An excellent star story suitable to full dome action would be Jason and the Argonauts. Graphics would of course include the old Argo Navis ...
... I'd like to applaud the effort. I think that too many full-dome venue's focus upon just showing films instead of doing star talks, and this is a good...
sorry... missed this one... I was referring to atomlabs www.atomlabs.org/asdn pretty much the same thing as D.Ott's lenses... and I can't make them work with...
Dear Friends, I'm proud to announce our plans for DomeFest 2007. Below you'll read the basics about the July 20-22 festival presented by the University of New...
Ever considered using a wireless 3D pointing device when presenting in a planetarium. I recently tried the Nintendo Wii, using just the wand (about ($40) and...
Hey all, My name is Rich Hoffmann. I've been a filmmaker for fifteen years, and am taking steps into the exciting fulldome world. I'm a newbie to this forum...
Richard, I use the Nikkor 8mm with much success, and the folks at allsky.de have the good fortune of using the Nikkor 6mm. Both of these can only be found...
Hi Rich, While the Canon might be a nicer lens in some ways, it is not a circular fisheye which is what you need if you want to go straight to a fulldome ...
We have successfully used the sigma 8mm with a canon 5D. You could argue it is not the best quality lens but it does a good job of a difficult task in my...
We were fortunate enough to pick up two Kodak SLR14n/Nikkor 8mm packages on eBay for our fulldome shooting and are very happy with the lenses. The Canon...
You guys rock! Thanks for all of the advice, and to those that emailed me other notes. I can't purchase the Coastal Optical lens at this time, though it does...
Hello, I know this is a long shot, but I said I would ask. We have an interest in a program, non- astronomy, that deals with the topic of oceanography. Our...
Hi, Photo/Film capturing for the dome is quite a challenge; nevertheless the real life sometimes is more captivating than any rendered content. Besides the...
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Michael Magee
mvmagee@...
Apr 12, 2007 6:56 pm
Hello all, I've spent the past 7+ years working on plans for a new planetarium, observatory and large format film theater as part of a new science center in...
... Well, they evidently have a D3. Who created the programming...? Or did it evolve naturally? :) And the Spitz A3P was supposedly installed in 2004. So...
... Since practically all IMAX content is designed for flat screens there is no built in visual compatibility between the available material in the respective...
I did some animation work for them a couple years ago... basically a logo tag for the videos they produce. Ken Ham is an Australian who is the head of the...
Depending on your time frame, I think I'd take a good hard look at whether you really want to commit to the expense and space required to install an IMAX film...
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Schmidt Mickey D Civ ...
mickey.schmidt@...
Apr 12, 2007 10:37 pm
Michael Magee asked about combining IMAX and Full dome theaters. My experience is dated but when OMNI-max was installed in star theaters the dome had to be...
... According to the November 2006 issue of LF Examiner, IMAX will have a digital projector solution in 4Q 2008 consisting of two Sony 4k projectors with...
Mike: Having combined several large format film systems with planetariums and full-dome systems, I think I can speak to this issue. At this point in...
4K live capture camera @ 60fps for $17K, with Nikon f-mount and Canon EOS adaptors: http://red.com/cameras.htm they're promising delivery this year. who's...
... Hi, I want to introduce myself to the group. My name is Pol and I work as director of photography and technical director for film and HDTV systems in...
1500 customers have already bitten the RED bullet. I hear that the first 100 will ship "around NAB." Wish it was 4000x4000 pixels... E Sent via BlackBerry from...
Well, it's actually a little bit above 2K since you only get the vertical frame dimension rez if you want the full circle for fulldome use... and you need to...
Pol writes: <There's any trick or solution with this? or we're going to have to use only 2540x2540?> Actually, 2540x2450 will not be too bad... It will...
... -snip- ... This is indeed a major area requiring attention by designers of digital projection technology. ... Indeed, digital projection frees one of...
... If I had the resources, I would buy two of these cameras and have them modified to act as the 'capture' equivalent of current dual video and laser...
... There are a host of problems with stitching video signals, many more than stitching CGI... and the clumsiness of the resulting rig becomes another issue...
