Graham, That ought to be plenty fast enough. My Toshiba PDR-M65 will only go to 1/500th, but I believe mine will take a sequence (never tried it). Maybe yours will too. A sequence at that kind of speed might improve your odds.
Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 3:55 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: 20 min talk > Bernie > > The manual says it takes pics at 1/1500th of a second. ie 0.000666 of a > second. I'm hoping the manual's right and that 1/1500th is fast enough. I > think it's the luck part that's more of the problem, as we know timing is > everything. I'll let you know how it goes. > > Cheers > Graham > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bernie Baymiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:44 PM > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: 20 min talk > > > > Graham, > > > > Don't think you will have a camera with a shutter speed fast enough to > catch > > what you want to see. Probably need at least 1/500th of a second and some > > luck. Edgerton's strobe pics were much faster...slow ones were 1/600th. > > Those 8 ball impact pics were all taken in about .0005 second (ball was on > > face for .0004 sec)...don't even want to figure that speed out. > > > > Not sure what you want me to agree with until I get time to look at the > > graphs...too late tonight. > > > > Bernie > > Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Graham Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 9:49 PM > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: 20 min talk > > > > > > > Bernie > > > > > > As you say, just one of many explanations. I'm playing in a tournament > > next > > > month with this guy. It's a four day comp > > > played on four different courses, bus and trailer. I'll be trying to > take > > > some digi pics to try and get a look at what's happening with the swing > > and > > > the shaft. I just have to figure out exactly when to press the button! > > > > > > Cheers > > > Graham > > > > > > ps do you agree with my interpretation of the graphs? > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Bernie Baymiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 9:17 AM > > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: 20 min talk > > > > > > > > > > Graham, > > > > > > > > > I've been working with a strong hitter, late release, 10 handicapper > > and > > > > he > > > > > wanted to try out a softer shaft. Result: low slice. Obviously > similar > > > > > things going on as in the Hackman photo. > > > > > > > > Not necessarily. Here's another possibility: If his swing path is > inside > > > out > > > > (maybe because he took the club back a little too much inside and laid > > it > > > > off a little on top) and club is headed right of the target line, but > > > timing > > > > is OK and head is ahead and closing, as in the BJ pics, then a hit > > toward > > > > the heel would cause a low, gear effect slice that starts almost on > the > > > > target line (because of the bulge redirection) and fades right. A > > center > > > > impact on this swing path would have been a straight, but blocked > right > > > > shot. There are lots of ways to hit a slice and I've found them all. > :-) > > > > > > > > Bernie > > > > Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
