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Originally Posted by EMD4ME
Maybe I misread it but I read it 4x.
Sounds like Halvey was mocking the guy who wants another still shot taken as each horse hits the fake line.
I know I want a still shot taken for each horse hitting the fake line.
Did I misread it? If I did, my apologies. Maybe Halvey can confirm please?
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The guy assumed that they took a picture as soon as the first horse hit the finish line. That picture would have contained the four horses because they were all within a length and a quarter of the winner. Then our guy assumed they drew a line for the winner and a separate line for the show horse using that one snap shot instead of taking a second picture when the 3rd/4th place horses crossed the line. In other words, in the snap shot he assumed only the winner had actually reached the finish line. i tried to explain to him that you had a continuous stream of film rolling by, and a very small aperture at the finish line and as each horse entered the aperture it printed on the film. So the snap shot he thought he saw was actually where each horse was when he hit the finish line. As I said, the concept just blew his mind.
What I was explaining was exactly how it was done back then. If you looked at the continuous roll of film you would see all the horses strung out, but the pictures of each respective horse were as they were passing the finish line.
Does that make sense now?
