Photographers, does this make sense?

It is a lot less unusual than using 1/8000 @ 30fps in broad moonlight.

That picture is well exposed too, so it’s not like the combination of settings didn’t work well for a photograph.

Not a photographer, but the pic of Trump without the bullet looks pretty great, so it seems like the right settings for the shot.

I think I heard it was taken on a Sony A1. That photo if the bullet was 1 inch over would be unimaginable

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I'd get distracted by a butterfly and frick it all up.

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Same, brother!

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If it’s bright as hell and you’re shooting a fast aperture, 2.8 or around there, you need a fast shutter to avoid overexposure.

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This. 1/8000 makes sense to me. Probably ISO 100 or 64 depending on body. Rule of Sunny 16

Also other guy mentioned maybe faster prime. But I doubt it. Judging by how close framed and the fact that I doubt the photog was right under the podium, possibly a 300 or even 400 mm. Probably F2.8 probably fastest available, maybe only F4. Either way, 1/8000 in broad daylight with no clouds isn't crazy.

The post is a case of a little, but only a little, knowledge leading to a likely-wrong conclusion.

The camera used reportedly was a Sony A1 ( Digital Photograph Review's review), which is $6500 and arguably / in some ways the most advanced camera in the world. It is becoming increasingly common to shoot a high to very high frame rates to try to capture precisely the facial expression or gesture you want, and the top current cameras (and super-fast memory cards) can do that like never before.

One reason to shoot at the highest shutter speed you can is to use as wide an aperture (f-stop) as you can, to reduce the depth of field, to make people and things in front of, or behind, the main subject more out-of-focus, to draw more attention to the main subject.

Consider the old 'Sunny 16' guide ( Wikipedia) to what's a correct photo exposure. At the Sony A1's base setting of ISO 100, in full sun, if you want to shoot at f/1.8 (a wide aperture, but one that many non-zoom lenses offer), the correct shutter speed is ... 1/8000 s. IIRC, the lens used was the Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM, so it can shoot at f/1.8. Or maybe the lighting was a bit less than full sun, and ISO 100, f/1.4 (wide open), and 1/8000 s shutter speed gave the correct exposure.

So I think this is a case of, I'd tend to credit Occam's Razor (Wiki) before a conspiracy theory.

Without clicking any links, if the EXIF data was published and your assessment of the camera and lens capabilities is accordingly correct, then the OP conspiracy theory is simply politically motivated finger-pointing. I've seen images by my friends freezing bullets hitting a light bulb.

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I think it was a set up

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Please explain, you think Trump was set up, or you think Trump set up someone to come an inch from blowing his head off?