Read Screw-ups #38
One common problem with camera operations and rolling platforms (the boat) is the Earth bound version of space-sickness - vertigo.
Something that the astronauts discovered when space capsules became larger (Skylab) was that having a visual reference that moves in ways apart from that felt by your body's sense of balance can create havoc with your "sense of locus" - and you hurl like crazy. It's because part of the optic nerve is hard wired to also relate to the inner ear. Your eyes autotrack objects relative to you based on what's happening with the balance sensors (semicircular canals) in your inner ear.
Mom, dad, that's why the kids got sick in the back seat so often. They saw and felt the car window doing one thing and the world doing another.
The driver has the more panoramic outside view so the references are more united.
Also on issues in shooting aerial photography. I shot three locations in one afternoon. One yak bag per location. (Aaaarrrgghhh!)
To make matters worse it also is a particularly nasty affliction to those with heightened visual skills: artists, camera operators, etc. (heavy sigh)
So here's our helpless shooter looking into an eyepiece on a rolling sea for hours.
My sympathies are with you.
Pete Fasciano
Fellow, Advance Development
Co-founder
Avid Technology
