Yeah, I didn't have much luck with Google. Thus, the plea here. Paul On May 21, 2007, at 10:26 PM, graywolf wrote:
> LOL! > > Must have been before digital, I did a google for "old racing > photo" and got a bunch of hits from the 70's and 80's. > > Look for stuff from 1900 to 1920 or there abouts. I remember > history of auto racing type books having lots of them, but that was > back in the 1950's. > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Thanks to all who responded. The Lartigue photo is the one I was >> thinking off, but I had forgotten it was only half a car. I think >> I've seen a full profile that shows this effect as well. Perhaps in >> the Kodak photography book. I'll have to look for it. >> Paul >> On May 21, 2007, at 9:17 PM, graywolf wrote: >> >>> 5x7 camera with a slow vertical focal plane shutter. That kind of >>> distortion was so prevalent that by the 30's it had become a >>> cartoon stereotype to indicate speed. Panning the camera is what is >>> causing the people in the background to tilt the other way. >>> >>> >>> Bob W wrote: >>>> 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! >>> -- >>> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
