Hmmmm. I'm thinking Darwin Awards here. AndrewF (Who has been that drunk and stupid) >Energized by the recent talk of shutter speed testing and bored with a lack >of targets at my weekly rat shoot at the dump, Vlad my companion and I >decided to test the shutter on my old lens. By this time it was 2:00 am and >we were pretty well oiled with Vlad's home made liquor. I couldn't clearly >remember all the instructions but I remembered something about counting >lines on a b&w tv and driving fast in a parking lot so we loaded my mom's >19" Electrohome into Vlad's '58 Dodge Dart and headed to Walmart. > >I set up the camera on the tripod and Vlad plugged his home made DC-AC power >inverter into the cigarette lighter and the tv into the inverter. The local >channel was running an infomercial for 'Hair in a can' spraypaint which we >thought would do ok. Vlad began his first and only run and that's when >things fell apart. > >He held the driver's door open with his left foot, held the TV out the door >with his left hand, was steering with his right leg and holding his drink in >his right hand. We don't know what happened first but somehow he got off >course, hit a concrete lane divider which got the car airborne and the >impact made him drop his drink onto the power converter. > >I believe I got the shot but I haven't seen the negative yet because the >police are holding it as evidence but there were two flashes of sparks - one >from the exploding tv and another one from the exploding power converter. So >we won't be able to count the lines on the tv but we will have plenty of >light trails to measure and I hope to be able to do that during the trial. > >Anyway I'll let everyone know if this works in a real world situation once >the trial starts. > >Greg Fraser >http://www.geocities.com/fraserg1962
