Mat, The leaf only goes down to 1/60th on the 165. So it wasn't cheating.
Bruce Wednesday, June 4, 2003, 9:24:00 PM, you wrote: MM> Was that shot with the leaf shutter or the curtain shutter? MM> If the leaf shutter, it was cheating ;-) MM> -Mat MM> Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Pentax 6x7 f22 @ 1/30th. Hand held of course. >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1069827 >> Paul >> >> William Robb wrote: >> >>>Subject: First 6x7 lessons learned >>> >>> >>>>Anyone try action shots with their 6x7 or is the slightly slower >>> >>>mirror movement >>> >>>>(than a 35mm)to much for a good stop action shot.???Just curious,but >>> >>>i'd be worried the >>> >>>>'slap' >>>>would freak out a green horse,as i'd have to get pretty close until i >>> >>>get a 135,165 or 200 >>> >>>>lens . >>> >>>I tried photographing a moving steam locomotive once. The slow shutter >>>time caused the wheels to look out of round. >>>It takes the 6x7 shutter 1/30 of a second to transverse the entire >>>frame, so fast action shots are going to be difficult. >>>If you are doing horse jumping, the thing would probably work, since you >>>can catch the animal at the height of it's jump when there is little >>>movement. >>> >>>William Robb
