Using a DSLR also gives you the option of fitting the lens most suitable to the shot, adjusting the shutter speed for a cinematic flicker and adding an external mike for better dialogue recording.
And it seemed very fitting to talk about big data, insight acceleration and real time analytics in the very place where mass and speed of light got combined for posterity, more than a century ago.
With the recent news about Texas Governor Rick Perry announcing that the Lone Star State is wide open for business, Houston makes for a fitting place to explore how this professional sport might have been different if earned income did not move at rocket speed.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) that runs the facility has for a decade been fitting it with state-of-the-art digital electronics, a new central computer, and high-speed transmission lines to carry the data that the 25m, 200-tonne dishes gather.