Re: Catch a bullet in flight? 1/8000

On 26/07/2024 01:03, miked wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:48:59 +0000, Arcanauta wrote:
 

Il 25/07/2024 20:04, Alan Browne ha scritto:

On 2024-07-24 20:06, Geoff wrote:

On 24/07/2024 7:45 pm, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

On 14/07/2024 22:53, Geoff wrote:

On 15/07/2024 12:41 am, Alan Browne wrote:

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/us/politics/photo-path-trump-assassination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7E0.iSuZ.18TjxlOqrmN6&smid=url-share
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<< Photo Appears to Capture Path of Bullet Used in Assassination
Attempt
Michael Harrigan, a retired F.B.I. special agent, said the image
captured by Doug Mills, a New York Times photographer, seems to
show a bullet streaking past former President Donald J. Trump. >>
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Good shutter-finger response !
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geoff

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response to what ? - the sound of the gunshot ?

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No, photographer's shutter-finger response to the sound of the shooter
inhalation of breath prior to the shot.
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geoff

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ROFL.
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The NYT photog was just blasting away on the shutter.  Lucky catch.
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There are doubts whether Trump was shot by a bullett or a shrapnel.

 if that was a bullet trail and not some other digital artifact added
later.
 but as trump seems uninjured in the pic, it couldnt have been the bullet
whatever that hit him. as the title suggest it went past him ie it
missed.
And after all the mystery surrounding JFK, are they 100% sure the bullet
that
hit him came from the boys gun?
 mike

Am I the only person in here who is wondering why a "professional" photographer would be shooting a practically static subject at 1/8000th of a second ?
Apart from the shutter speed and the fact that it was a "Sony" camera, the article does seem a bit short on technical detail - its quite remarkable that theres no mention of the lens aperture or the ASA rating.
I just tried my Canon DSLR at 1/8000th in bright daylight, and to get a reasonable exposure I needed to set the camera for 16,000 ASA - you can imagine what the image quality was like.