That is pretty damn weird, but the "highly specific settings being enabled to even have a chance of capturing" is kind of a myth. Photographers often try to grab long sequences of shots, which is something you can do on your phone. The top-left thumbnail might even be from a video IIRC. If it was a very high shutter speed you'd see the bullet clearly and not a streak.
He had a Sony A1 camera and had the shutter speed set to 1/8000th of a second. I’ve heard back and forth on justifications for such a high shutter speed, but amazingly he was able to capture the 3 image progression of bullet>wince/hand raise>bloody hand
My 1DC goes to 1/8000th and it's designed for action photography. I've used it at high shutter speeds combined with the 14 fps burst function to get shots of birds.
This guy is a very experienced photographer, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that he was able to capture this. The only surprise is that he was lucky enough to press the shutter button at the right time.
That is pretty damn weird, but the "highly specific settings being enabled to even have a chance of capturing" is kind of a myth. Photographers often try to grab long sequences of shots, which is something you can do on your phone. The top-left thumbnail might even be from a video IIRC. If it was a very high shutter speed you'd see the bullet clearly and not a streak.
Short video interview with the photographer:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/politics/video/doug-mills-trump-rally-photo-src-digvid
He had a Sony A1 camera and had the shutter speed set to 1/8000th of a second. I’ve heard back and forth on justifications for such a high shutter speed, but amazingly he was able to capture the 3 image progression of bullet>wince/hand raise>bloody hand
My 1DC goes to 1/8000th and it's designed for action photography. I've used it at high shutter speeds combined with the 14 fps burst function to get shots of birds.
This guy is a very experienced photographer, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that he was able to capture this. The only surprise is that he was lucky enough to press the shutter button at the right time.