Leica M9, first generation 35mm Summilux F:1.4 lens shot @1:4000th of a second.Originally Posted by ROL
Camera, film, lens, processing?
I had to shoot at very high shutter speeds back then due to essential tremor, now defeated due to good medicine.
Are we good now?
I do not know how we could make the same image in LF. I dearly hope I am not ostracized for posting a relevant example.Camera, film, lens, processing?
J
See the laughy face at the end of my sentence? That was supposed to obviate all of the following: It was pretty obvious the pic wasn't LF. I wasn't playing LF cop. You were the one stating, "I was, am, mainly a photojournalist so descriptions are usually necessary." It was a contextual joke*, bud.
Note to self: No more fooling around with Jac@.
Sorry that I misread. Thanks for explaining. It is good to learn more about individuals.See the laughy face at the end of my sentence? [...] It was a contextual joke*, bud.
Note to self: No more fooling around with Jac@.
Actually, it's fairly easy. After all, press photographers did it for, what, at least five decades?
If I wasn't using my Super Graphic with the sports finder, I could even do that with my 8x10. Just a little setup and direction, and you're ready.
"It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." - Walker Evans
The reason I think it unlikely in LF is that it was exposed at 1/4000th of a second without the benefit of electronic flash or setting up: it was necessarily spontaneous.
But I admit that I regret so very many pictures made early in my career with small formats - all of which could have been LF.
Wish I were so I could disassemble a particular camera's firmware. That stuff is so foreign to me, an old C programmer. Very old.
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