Magpie triggers technological trickery

Shrewd observers may have noticed a discrepancy between the moving vision and the photo finish in Race 2 at The Meadows on 26 September.

Vision of the race shows a magpie flying in the opposite direction to which the greyhounds were running as they crossed the finish line (see image above), yet the photo finish (below) shows the magpie travelling in the same direction as the dogs.

Callan Brook, of Brook Group, the organisation behind the FinishLynx Photofinish system, has provided an explanation.

“The FinishLynx Photofinish cameras are what is called a line scan camera. The camera will take timestamped vertical captures as Read full article

Source:: https://www.grv.org.au/news/2020/10/18/magpie-triggers-technological-trickery/

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