tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15281541.post5314908089672243114..comments2023-05-22T13:09:15.043+05:30Comments on Prakash Gosavi's blog: Do away with thousandth of a secondPrakash Gosavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501778086325445923noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15281541.post-77042764059602892732013-11-18T13:06:25.437+05:302013-11-18T13:06:25.437+05:30Thanks for the detailed explanation.Thanks for the detailed explanation.Glasgow Princenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15281541.post-33768393297476335072013-11-14T08:59:33.281+05:302013-11-14T08:59:33.281+05:30The winning post photo finish camera is a differen...The winning post photo finish camera is a different type of mechanism, way removed from its ancestor, thanks to the technology. <br /><br />It consists of a camera with a rotating film (moving at uniform speed) at one end, and a vertical mirror running parallel to and aligned with the winning post at the other end. A simple electronic beam (emitted by a diode) crosses the track and is focused on the mirror which gets cut (interrupted) by the winner's nose, and that triggers an electronic switch which starts the film rolling and recording images of all horses passing the finish line subsequently. <br /><br />So instead of the usual photo print you get a strip of positive print depicting the procession of horses exactly as they passed the finish line, only in the miniature form. So the winning post is obviously missing from the picture because the upper half of the print is filled with the same images captured by the camera through the mirror view. Thanks to digital technology, the whole process can be replicated on a computer screen today, and what they show you as photo finish view is nothing but the graphic on the computer screen. Prakash Gosavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501778086325445923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15281541.post-11979328995002605012013-11-09T20:00:44.996+05:302013-11-09T20:00:44.996+05:30Hello Prakash.........Good suggestion. By the way,...Hello Prakash.........Good suggestion. By the way, why isn't the winning post visible in the pic above?Glasgow Princenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15281541.post-361037027960554362013-08-17T22:17:49.133+05:302013-08-17T22:17:49.133+05:30Hi, A nice one and very important one too. Nowa d...Hi, A nice one and very important one too. Nowa days depending and distributing Technology has become just a way of spending budjeted funds. Most important thing here is to maitain and recaliberate regularly to yield a perfect result each and everytime. If you ask me timetested FUZZYLOGIK & one tenth of a second mirror image is goodenough to pick out a winner otherwise youl need robotik jockys! Speaking of mirrorimages where from decades at Mysore installed long ago by an Australian I believe (whom I happen to meet one time when he was visiting someyears back)has stood the test of time and functioning extremely well where as I have realized that It is designed & Installed in such a way so as to give a clear benifit to the Rider properly riding sticking to the railings and riding straight rather than a wayward ride where he is certain to lose in the photofinish. Keep up the good work.miraclechiphttp://miraclechip.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15281541.post-2875620173848282242013-08-16T10:02:16.836+05:302013-08-16T10:02:16.836+05:30Sir,first of all thank you for writing an article ...Sir,first of all thank you for writing an article on close-finishes,I only hope that the turf clubs take a serious view and not just rely on technology. For instance in the most widely followed sport in our cricket there is DRS technology but still is it convincing enough? NO. Technology can be used as a guideline but to rely completely on technology is something our thrf clubs need to have seconf thoughts on.<br /><br />RegardsSiroccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442665301421699253noreply@blogger.com