> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/05/21 Mon PM 10:53:58 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Need help with my homework again > > Hint: J H Lartigue > > http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10404954434,00.html > > ...although the wheels aren't oblong. Don't know what kind of > distortion would do that! > > -- > Bob
It's not distortion of the lens type, it's an effect of the focal plane shutter working in slit mode. As the slit crosses the frame, the wheel moves forward, giving the oval shape. It's just fortuitous (or maybe a result of this photo in particular) that the direction it leans is the one usually depicted graphically to indicate speed. > > > > -----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 > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
