[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Had it struck his head, the photographer hired to record the assassination would have receive the Pulitzer.
His timing for capturing the 'bullet in flight' photo would have had completely different content.
He brought the right equipment.
So how did he know to bring that high-speed camera?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

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[mowowie]

CNN happened to be there in the boondocks, for some reason, First time in a long time filming the whole thing.

[metmom]

Even with at high speed camera video taping, it’s still almost miraculous that the bullet showed up on the picture when you consider the milliseconds it must have been just right to catch it.

[llevrok]

So how did he know to bring that high-speed camera?

His "high speed camera" is a normal pro level camera. Nothing special.

Doug Mills, the guy who took the photo, is a well established, award winning news photog who knows that to get a photo published, it must "sharp".

Here is a youtube interview of him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZslGONfWCs

[SpaceBar]

That’s not a high speed camera, it’s just an ordinary camera on a bright day with fast exposure.

[fso301]

Bullet path is too low. I believe the bullet that struck him hit the top of the right ear.

[marktwain]

He brought the right equipment.
So how did he know to bring that high-speed camera?

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He is a professional photographer. He brings that equipment to every event.

[frogjerk]

So how did he know to bring that high-speed camera?

How did Trump know to move his head at just the right time?

Why did the attendants wait to alert the police the shooter was on the roof?

Why did mother nature not make it rain on that particular day?

Why was the TV camera pointed right at Trump when he was giving his speech and not interrupting with a commercial or commentary?

How come that particular cartridge wasn't a dud?

[verum ago]

So how did he know to bring that high-speed camera?

The timing's quite lucky, but the equipment is not. If we call that an 18" streak the bullet left, and say it's moving at 3150 fps (typical M855 muzzle velocity, it almost certainly was going slower), then we get a shutter speed of ~1/2100 s for that image. Allowing for the shorter barrel Crooks used and the range, I get an estimate of more like 1/1800 s.

For context, my entry-level consumer DSLR can handle up to 1/4000 s, and it's at least a decade old.

The conditions (overall brightness, sun angle) were just about perfect for the photo. In fact, they'd basically mandate that the photographer would be using a high shutter speed to make sure his images weren't washed out.

[thinden]

So how did he know to bring that high-speed camera?

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