This happens when the shutter is running the same or opposite direction from the movement - so in this case, it was a horizontally running shutter. Most modern shutters are now vertical. I think the old MX is a horizontal shutter.
-- Bruce Monday, May 21, 2007, 3:53:58 PM, you wrote: BW> Hint: J H Lartigue BW> http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10404954434,00.html BW> ...although the wheels aren't oblong. Don't know what kind of BW> distortion would do that! BW> -- BW> Bob >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 21 May 2007 22:39 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: OT: Need help with my homework again >> >> The list rocks! John Francis' myth suggestion made the final >> cut. It's a two page ad on sequential pages. The head line reads: >> >> Some medical experts once believed that travelling at over 40 >> mph wold make it impossible to breathe. >> >> Some media experts still don't know three million new car >> buyers can be found at AutoTrader.com. >> >> >> Now I need a car photo. I'm looking for one of those very >> early pics taken with the sliding shutter that distored the >> wheels to an oblong shape and made the car lean forward. I >> just need a web image for now. I'm trying to find one, but I >> figure someone here might know where to look. This is just >> one ad of about a dozen that I'm doing for the pitch, so my >> attention is seriously divided. A hint wold be great. >> >> -- >> 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
