I am going ballistic! (photos)

[WhoKnowsWho]

Very cool! Would be neat to see some rifles too!

 

[Kaxter]

Awesome pics.

 

[Warbow]

Whoa, that's really cool. Got any more?

 

[Yooper]

Very impressive, nice work! What type of camera was used?

 

[Gunhead]

Thanks guys!

I used a Canon 10D digital SLR camera with flash and a piezo-electric sound trigger. The exposition time was around 0,02 millisec, unfortunately not short enough to freeze the bullet. (Only a $5000 microflash can do that.) The shots were made in complete darkness - the range master was a bit uneasy about that, but we used extra safety measures.

The 1st gun is a FÉG ACK .45ACP pistol shooting FMJ.

The 2nd is a russian made MCM (or Margolin) .22LR pistol with high velocity ammo.
(It's cheap and beats the tar out of *any* target pistol under $1500 in terms of accuracy.)

The 3rd is a SW 640 in .38spec.
The ammo was some kind of Fiocchi JHP I think.


More (STI Edge, P7, P228 and so) coming soon...

 

[freeride21a]

very nice... was wondering how you timed it.

i got some daytime ones.. i was mostly going for frozen brass in the air...but good side effect. Yours on the other hand friggin RULE!
canon 20D 1/3200 so at 1200fps the bullet travleled 4.5ish inches in the photo.

 

[S_O_Laban]

Very nice, both of you. That looks like a glock 18?? I had gone to a shoot at John Ross's this weekend and he had one we could play with, very fun.....

 

[Gunhead]

freeride21a,

Wow, great shot! I never had much luck with flying brass, not to mention catching bullets on "film" in daylight.

 

[griz]

Excellent! I like the wheelgun too.
On the daytime pic, I don't think I've ever seen a bullet trace from the side like that.
All are great pics.

Thanks, Griz

 

[mfree]

The wheelgun pic shows beautifully why it's important to grease the chamber in blockpowder revolvers, that's a nasty chainfire waiting to happen otherwise

Black powder photography? I wonder what the min shutter speed on my Nikkormat FTN is (or if it matters, mechanical shutter...)

*does the math anyways* .625 milliseconds... I wonder if the mechanical shutter would ruin me?

 

[Gunhead]

mfree,

The shutter speed doesn't matter. All you need is a flash wired to an IR or sound trigger.

 

[Lightsped]

AWESOME pics! Keep up the good work!

 

[BerettaNut92]

WORD!!!!!!!

 

[Amish_Bill]

Drool.....

Have the 10D...

<rooting through the parts bin for some chewing gum & baling wire to make an audio triggger....>

 

[Red Tornado]

Wow! Double Plus cool!

 

[CZguy]

Do you have any plans to post high res for wall paper?

Those really are outstanding.

 

[eXe]

Very cool pics, That russian made MCM was interesting as well, Had never seen one of those before. Great Job

 

[eclipse1]

very nice!! good work...

 

[ExMB]

Those are awesome. keep them coming.

 

[artherd]

This is awesome! Mind sharing what rig you used? Just a big flash on a IR trigger?

 

[Spieler]

VERY COOL!


Thanks for sharing those.

 

[45R]

Nice pictures.

From my 10D
This is all the brass I have been able to catch because the HS/LC guys are really slow shooters


EXIF:1/250s f/8.0 at 122.0mm iso100


EXIF:1/125s f/5.6 at 95.0mm iso100 with Flash


EXIF:1/180s f/8.0 at 60.0mm iso100

 

[aguyindallas]

Very very nice!!!

By the way, gotta love the pic of the glock with 'da switch'

I know folks, its been a while since anyone mentioned da switch...

 

[freeride21a]

I second the wall paper sized images! do it!

 

[kcslim]

I'm impressed,those pics are excellent.