nemesis wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> You try standing still for 5 hours, waiting for the film to be 
>> completely exposed (or whatever the term was), and see if you can 
>> smile the whole time ;)
> 
> what?!  5 hours exposure?!  Are you sure?  Whenever I see Old West 
> movies, there is a flash and bum, photo taken.  I might expect long 
> times of exposures -- though not 5 hours! -- for photos like these:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Image-Frederic_Chopin_photo_downsampled.jpeg 
> 
> 
> But that is from 1849!  Not 1897, which already had cinema movies in 15 
> FPS or so...

I was exaggerating it to the point of absurdity, of course :)  I 
remember hearing that they had long exposure times, but I don't remember 
exactly what they were.  Probably around 30 seconds, but don't quote me 
on that.

-- 
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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