Giant Squid footage on History Channel

[monty]

do you know the technical specifications of the "squidcam," like field of view, focal length, etc? Is it autofocus or fixed focus? What sort of light source does it have?

 

[gonetobaja]

do you know the technical specifications of the "squidcam," like field of view, focal length, etc? Is it autofocus or fixed focus? What sort of light source does it have?

I dont know the specs on the squidcam. I have seen footage from it though. There is a LED light display around the entire front of the lens so it gives off a good amount of light. It is an auto focus camera and I have seen it take good footage of subjects up to 30 ft away underwater (depending on vis).

From what I understand they are going to have a "specialist" determine the possible size.

Like I said before, all I can tell ya is that its BIG.

I hope everyone understands that the people that got the footage, the divers under the water, are not responsible for the way that the show is cut or presented. They are just responsible for getting the footage. I imagine that there will be some discussion after the show is aired as to what we actualy filmed(its a squid for sure, just what kind I dont know.)

I cant wait to see it.

 

[Danno]

I'd flip my lid to see a 50 foot squid. I am pumped for this special regardless. Can never have enough on the humbolt. Wow, I'm going to work late Thursday morning. Good work regardless to the people who worked on the dive. Keep it coming.

*edit* I just can't imagine how big a 50 foot squid is. If it really turns out to be a mega-sized humbolt squid, I feel bad for Archi and Mesi (colossol forgot his scientific name). It's like they just keep getting bigger. I mean this is the kind of squid I would read about in books, later to find out it might of been fabricated. Well... maybe not? I love the big squids.

 

[OB]

Most of us here suffer a similar disposition

 

[monty]

premier tonight

10pm this evening, set your VCRs! Ti your Vos! You your Tubes for people outside of the country*!

*provided, of course, that it is done in such a way that it does not steal income from the kind people at the History channel who we certainly don't want to discourage from this sort of investment!

 

[OB]

Please, please, please, upload the clip, someone, somewhere...

 

[daviddickinson]

And I thought I was excited waiting to see the Transformers film.........

 

[mosthated]

wish i knew how to get it off dishnetwork box, i am going to dvr it.

 

[Danno]

I wish it wasn't at 10:00 PM. I unfortunately have field work that is 5 hours from where I live and I have to be out of the house @ 5:00 am. I'm going to be sleepy tomorrow.

 

[monty]

thanks to Tony, I can now say that a 108 foot squid would be more than

 

[WhiteKiboko]

having hanlon and ellis is encouraging....

i thought i just saw a photo of maybe steve with a dead squid?

will have to check the dvr replay....

 

[Clem]

TONMO is now complete.

Watching the show now. Pretty good, except for the werewolf eye they use to bridge scenes. Roger Hanlon and Richard Ellis are keepin' it real.

 

[WhiteKiboko]

Ha! beat ya to it....

 

[Clem]

WK, make the werewolf eye go away.

This narrator can't pronounce Mesonychoteuthis. Ellis makes it sound funny, too.

 

[WhiteKiboko]

not sure why they kept harping on giant humboldts....

sorry, i missed the pronounciation bit, i almost tried to smoke out my kitchen making quesadillas....

ill catch it later