--- Patrick Wiggins <PWiggins@CO.SLC.UT.US> wrote:
My 2 cents worth:
1) The cameras are probably focused at infinity so extreme close ups would be out of focus.
Yes and no. "Infinity" focus could mean anything beyond 50 meters. I'm sure they would stay in-focus down to several hundred meters, at least. Recall the very sharp close-ups of Eros, from a camera designed for orbital imaging.
2) Exposures that far from the Sun tend to be relatively long so the fast moving landscape seen during "final" would probably blur.
Camera angles and spacecraft speed can be modified to mitigate these concerns. Software exists to sharpen images with known blur components.
3) The Ioan ambassador would not like it.
Patrick, take a break! What color is the sky in your world? ;) C. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/