Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted wrote: > > >>>>>>>>"Handholding is strictly for dead photographers: A human pulse beat will > > >cause 200 microns (.008 inch) displacement for 1/10th of a second. Assuming > >a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second, this movement alone will cause a > >loss of 22% of resolution with a system capable of reproducing 100 lines per > >mm (lpm). <<<<<<<< > > Byron Rakitzis responded:: > >>>>>>Surely this guy has heard of the sharpshooter's trick of shooting in > between heart beats? It works for cameras too!<<<<<<< > > Byron, > this guys a crock! Hell I've got slides where you can see the skin texture of a > running athlete and the only heart beat involved was slower than my ability to > re-act to shooting the action of the moment. > > It's just another one of those theory people things with absolutely no idea of > what they are talking about when it comes down to the "real time" of life in > handling cameras. > Or as you pointed out, target shooters firing between heart beats. > > ted It's just like the theory that says bumble bees cannot fly! And Ted's experience is worth more than any theory. What counts is what works!