Question I then have, is what kind of shutter does this "camera" have? And, what's a Palm Zire? Am I right in thinking it's some sort of Palm Pilot, or maybe one of those cell phones with the built-in camera? What kind of shutters would either of those use.? I'm presuming not focal plane shutter.
The effect reminds me of the shots of race cars, I think taken in France, back around the '20's with a camera with a focal plane shutter. The cars were tilted forward by the slit of the shutter passing in front of the film plane, rather slowly, I presume. It was a cool effect, made the old race cars look fast!
So I figured the prop effect here was something like that, but since it's spinning so fast, it's constantly appearing and re-appearing in the field of view as the shutter is opened, and making the curved design as a result of the travel of the shutter (whatever kind of shutter it is).
Again, way cool shot!!
cheers, frank
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From: Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: my PAW Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:53:57 +0000
Isn't it the slit of the shutter repeatedly catching the propeller as the former moves down and the latter goes round? It's a very nice effect, whatever the cause :-)
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