As a consequence, images show huge variability in different conditions such as lighting, zoom, and perspective (see for example, Fig. 3).
There are a small number of parameters that must be tuned by hand for each setup; correct tuning is critical because of differences in the camera, lighting, zoom, etc. and the worms under study.
Bright lights zoom through you like photon torpedoes, like comets.
On the guide, Jay Meschter, director of the Innovation Kitchen, a Nike product design lab, recounts how he and his team whittled away at the traditional track shoe until they came up with the feather-light Zoom Victory Spike for the Beijing Olympics.
Thanks to the built-in gyro sensor, you can move the mouse around like a Wiimote to highlight certain areas with a laser pointer (which is also built in) or light, zoom in or out of pages, write or underline text with a virtual pen, flip pages by moving your hand etc. (you can watch several short clips that show how the device works here).
Light zooms around, bungee jumping off every reflective surface.
So last week I decided to try to redeem myself — and strike a blow for long-suffering, technically challenged family archivists everywhere — by testing the tiny, new Flip Video Mino camera ($179), whose greatest virtue is that with no buttons to push, its bare-bones touch screen barely does anything (beyond a little light zooming).
He can tinker with the lighting or zoom in on different parts of the image, to make sure that every detail is crisp and clear.
We have used sound and light to zoom in and out of the action, and to play with perspective and focus.
Expect much of that to be focused on ultra-low light and zoom.
The video is filmed and edited like a psychedelic trip, with random jump cuts, flashing lights, sharp zooming in and out on fuzzy objects, and shaky, hand-held camera work.
