Jaguar & LensPast
Ever tried shooting a full sprint on 35mm film, pushing the shutter speed to the extreme? I’d love to see how far we can push the film’s limits while catching that perfect burst of energy. What do you think?
You can crank a 35mm to a hundred‑second or even faster, but the film itself has a hard cutoff. Push the shutter to, say, 1/4000s, you’ll freeze a sprint with perfect detail, but the light that hits the silver halide is almost none—your exposure will be a ghost. If you crank the ISO up to 400 or 800, you’ll get a little more light, but you’ll start to lose sharpness because of the speed‑related reciprocity failure. The real trick is to match the frame rate and aperture to the action. A 1/250s with a wide aperture on a well‑exposed scene will freeze motion and keep that film’s natural grain. So yes, push it, but keep your eye on the practical limits and remember the silver doesn’t do “infinite” exposure.