"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
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Is it an optical illusion, eye strain, or are the props bending?


This effect can happen with focal plane (?) shutters, which are in effect
a gap moving across the film. They do not see everything at once.
Imagine the shutter opens when a blade is horizontal (at 3 o'clock) and
rotating clockwise. At that point the shutter sees the blade root. As the
shutter goes from left to right (for example), it sees the next part of
the blade in a slightly lower position. By the time it gets to the tip,
that will be at, say, 5 o'clock. The image will therefore be curved.

See he
http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/ai...g-propeller-qu
estion.html

Try Googling 'shutter curved propeller' or similar.

HTH
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Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

Thanks for the explaination!

The bending props is a unique effect.