Peter A. Stoll wrote:

miso@sushi.com wrote in news:1159130030.750745.84120
@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

gpsman wrote:

miso@sushi.com wrote:

http://www.lazygranch.com/ttr_cv22.htm

Wow!  How in the hell do you get a shutter speed fast enough to stop
the *props* almost dead?!  I assume since they're quite large they spin
slower than "normal" sized props, but still...

Nice shootin'!
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- gpsman

Those photographs were shot handheld through a 400mm lens. I would
guess the exposure time was 1/800th of a second. It had to exceed
1/400th of a second, else the camera would have warned me the speed was
too slow to be handheld. Aperture was f5.6.

My guess is faster than 1/800.  Here is a link to a picture of the same
aircraft type I took at Kirtland at 1/500 second exposure time.  Admittedly
the phase of flight is different, but I'd be surprised if the prop rpm
differs so greatly.  In mine at 1/500, the prop blur is quite substantial.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/PeterAStoll/Aircraft/Airshows/Kirtlan
d1Jul2006/IMG_5722d.jpg

If the news reader wraps or otherwise makes the above link not work, here
is a tiny URL to the same exact place.

http://tinyurl.com/mzuuj

I do see the difference.

I wasn't paying attention to the shutter speed. I had the camera in
aperture priority and wide open at f5.6. It has been my experiance that
with ISO 100 film the shutter speed doesn't get higher than maybe
1/1200th or so.