Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the goal of all photography was to produce the maximum numbers of lines per inch, Barnak wouldn't have wasted his time inventing a small, light, compact HAND HELD camera. B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 12:19 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Steady as she goes there, lad [y] > > > >>>>>>>>"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 > > > > >