Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: [FWDLK] 1906 San Francisco Street film

[Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
The movie's playback is set at a normal speed, instead of at the
herky-jerky speed that was a feature of  the too slow camera film recording 
of the day---

Early moving pictures were filmed at 12 frames per second.  The standard 
later changed to 16 fps, and it's playing 12 fps movies at 16 fps which 
causes the "herky-jerky" look.

I suspect a telephoto type lens was used as the depth of the image is 
reduced making the distances appear closer.

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 
Plymouth, '41 Dodge

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