I used to work for EG&G which was founded by three physists from MIT. One of
these guys was Doc Edgerton who was one of the pioneers of extreme
high-speed photography. Some of the work they did with flying bullets and
objects breaking apart from impact was phenomenal. He was an Iowa boy,
Schnozz. My cousin was pals with his wife. /jim
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:38 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] [OT] Shakey Places
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From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 01:28:51 -0600
>Good hell......... I shot my 454 Casull not too far from the
>Yellowstone epicenter. Maybe that caused it. That's a photo shoot
>I need to do with a motor drive or video camera. I'm curious how
>far that thing knocks me back. I've heard people have had broken
>wrists from the recoil but I've never seen that. My wrists and
>arms don't seem to be bothered by it but my back gets sore after
>about 20 rounds. Probably just old age. At about a dollar a shot
>it hurts the wallet a bit too. /jim
>
And that's why I generally shoot .44 Special ammo in my S&W Model
28 -- too much recoil and just under a buck a shot for the magnum
stuff.
OM content: Years ago, back in the '60s, I got some good shots
with an Asahi Pentax and a Heiland potato-masher flash of bullets
a few inches out of a gun barrel going through Coke bottles,
balloons, thin air, etc. Now that I have lots of free time, guns,
OM's and lots of flash gear, I think I'll try that again. It's
killing two birds with one stone: I get to shoot two ways at one
time!
Walt
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