what clock file?  i missed something by chris colefax?  is it on his
site?

Dave Blandston wrote:
> 
> That's outstanding, Bob. I would never have been able to figure that out
> just by looking at my wife's camera, and I doubt that she would be too happy
> if I took it apart. :) I wasn't even close! The x-ray view made it much
> clearer. I'll bet the camera/photography crowd would love to see that
> animation! (Mrs. Blandston was certainly quite impressed!)
> 
> I am humbled by your ability, as well as by many folks around this
> newsgroup.
> 
> Also, now's my chance to learn to use Chris Colefax's Clock file. I've been
> meaning to get around to that, since all his other include files are so
> incredible...
> 
> Thanks for posting the code. Before I plagiarize it I'm going to give the
> animation one more try on my own, after viewing your animations.
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
> 
> "Bob Hughes" <per### [at] aolcom?subject=PoV-News:> wrote in message
> news:39738bfa@news.povray.org...
> > Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.  I can only continue to thank
> > everyone else for their ideas which I keep embellishing.  This one being
> Dave
> > Blandston's.
> > This is the aperture mechanism, best I could mimic, of an old bellows
> camera.
> > Only the red ring and parts within are known to be like this shows.   The
> green
> > ring behind it is a guess, and not a good one so far because the pivot
> points
> > aren't well placed.  However the way in which the pivots slide within the
> red
> > ring notches is very close to the real thing.
> >
> > Bob
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