How do video cameras capture and slow down super fast events such as the classic bullet rippin through a card?

Question

I know in photography you increase the shutter speed so I presume that in video making that it would be a case of increasing the frames per second? Does anybody know a comercially available camera for this kind of work?

Answer 1

the previous answers prove they never did this stunt.

all slow motion requires a high frame rate. a bullet travels at 1000 feet per second, so at normal frame rates, (24 fps for movies, 25/30 frame per second video) the bullet will have travelled about 40 feet between successive frames!! Slo-mo cameras such as the kodak Motion Corder Analyzer PS-110 have a frame rate of 1000 fps at mpeg1 video resolution (240x256 pixel). even at this rate the bullet travels 1 foot. The ccd imager can only be read and refreshed for the next frame at a shutter rate of 1/2000 second so the bullet will appear as a blur extending about a half foot distance.

to prevent excessive blur, a shuttering rate of better than 1/10000 second is needed. this type of extreme shuttering is not possible with mechanical equipment because it would also reduce the effective light for the exposure. What is done is to work in a darkened room, and sychronize a strobe light for this purpose. this way you can acheive a quick shutter and produce adequate illumination.

slo-mo setup for recording "normal" speed activity, such as a golf swing can be set up to work at higher than normal frame rates. recording is on hard disk, not tape, with electronic shutters at 1/1000 sec in full daylight.

Answer 2

the original way,s and(my opinion) are still the best, they used to film at 26 frames a second, then process through an editing machine and the playback as you reduce speed is the result you require.

you need to look for a sony/fiji/kodak/ professional movie camera.(don,t know what model sorry)

if you know any wedding photographers/videos(you will) then they probably have a contact that will point you in right direction.

if i was to look at a project like this and i used to be in the film/video profession,(not a cameraman sorry) then i would be looking for a video/film camera from about 1995/1999 obviously good working order with accessories inc tripod and spare batteries on the likes of e-bay or similar auction sites. you can also find these type of auctions in photography/video magazines.

it is not the camera that makes the tricks it,s the editing suite that run,s through the film .once you have the suite and are confident in using it then you will get the desired affects you are looking for. the suite is more expensive than the camera, but when buying this way is still cheaper than buying a camera that will have this built in.

why not google some of the manufactorers that have been mentioned and then visit their site.)good luck)

Answer 3

im a photographer...

the camera shoots literally thousands of frames per second, you cn get teh hardware to achieve this quite cheaply, and the controlling software, is your PC...

its getting the frame rate that will be difficult, and remember that video is only 640x480, not exactly hdtv is it? ive got an olympus e500 that shoots 3frames a second at 8mp. i recorded my daughter playing a riff on her guitar, such was the resolution you could see the strings resonate, the details are in the quality of the original image, or sequence of images, which you can stitich together.. in a gif or avi file, or however you choose actually.

video lacks clarity, its ok on a 12 inch portable, but put on a projector at say 3 metres, and its a fuzzy mess, whereas my images will still be pinsharp, only just approaching pixelation, and you dont view 3metre images from 3 feet away..do you?

the easy way is to take one frame of your bullet, and superimpose it on sequential frames of the background, adjusting for trajectory and targetting... which is great coz you never miss!

the eye believes what its shown as being "for real" this is the joy of illusion, good visuall artists strive to achieve this every day in their work, as by and large, with CGI, we can suspend reality, but only if you cant see the joins...

the good old boys, ansell adams and the like wowed the world, using 10x8 inch plate cameras, the images were stunning, not because of their composition which was good anyway, nor the lighting, or which set of filters adams used, but because we could see what we we looking at, finally, an image you didnt have to squint at...

here, try this... get something which shoots 3 FPS, put it on continuous, and load it onto a tripod, and find some skateboarders who're playing silly buggers. get in close and low, slacken all the tripod head controls so you can spin, select continuous autofocus. and hit the button till your buffer fills... at 3.2mp ( ive got anolder slower card) i can shoot continuous upto 4 gigs, at 3fps. thats hundreds of images, 180 a minute, a 4 gig card will hold 2000 images, so i can shoot for a while... but anyway, try it... the end results are incredible... and you can clamp a camera anywhere....

heres an example. thrust 1, is in coventry road transport museum where i live, (aint i lucky) yes is the correct answer.

well, the original footage was turned into a his res AV show using several kodal carousels which superimposed one image over another, the effect wsa worth every penny... they use the same system of superimposed layered images in madam tussauds, at teh planetarium, they use dozens of 35mm projectors, and tthey shoot onto the roof, whhich is a white dome, around 120 feet across... you feel yourself flying,

for once, bigger is always going to be better...

good luck.

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