> IOW, the short story is that he uses a photofinish camera. Not sure about that. Does it have film moving @ the speed of the horses?
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:03 AM Subject: RE: OT -so how about a pano of moving objects ? > IOW, the short story is that he uses a photofinish camera. > > Unlike the horse track versions, this one isn't mounted opposite a mirror > on > the finish post, which is why the photofinish pics you see in the race > results have a simultaneous view from both sides of the track. Those > photofinish cameras shoot large format rollfilm, or even straight to > paper. > > Rotating panorama cameras (but not the swinging lens type)will give the > same > result if they are prevented from rotating > > Regards, > Anthony Farr > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Kenneth Waller > Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2007 12:24 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT -so how about a pano of moving objects ? > > Each image he makes is from one exposure on an entire roll of film, not a > composite of several different images. He gets 66 inches of movement of > the > film in one second. The film is moving relative to the moving subject. > He's > using a standard Hasselblad 500 series but the film back contains a small > motor & various electronics adapted from the robotics industry. This gives > him control of how fast the film moves when he opens the shutter. If he > gets > > it right, the film is moving @ the same speed as the cars, allowing for a > photo with dozens of speeding cars, all sharp. > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cbwaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OT -so how about a pano of moving objects ? > > >> Ok, I like it. How's he doing it? >> CW >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:34 PM >> Subject: OT -so how about a pano of moving objects ? >> >> >>> Interesting photography - Panoramas of moving objects >>> >>> http://www.distavision.com/index.html >>> >>> Kenneth Waller > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
