Ultra High Speed Camera
Japan's NHK has developed a high-speed camera that can record video at the staggering rate of one million frames per second. On the exhibit floor, the camera was trained on a hanging water balloon. When an NHK engineer punctured the balloon the camera captured every cascading droplet in ultra slow motion.
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Apr 18, 2008 at 12:05 PM
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A Japanese television station has been airing a regularlly scheduled show using clips from this camera. It's said to be among the most highly rated television shows.
How long before some american gets one and tries a macro of an exploding stick of dynamite held in his hand?
I dont think we even fully comprehend how many frames that is especially since the average pro body is rated at 300,000 shots for its shutter....
I am sure this camera will be vital to engineers and scientists, but I would not want it for the sheer number of files it could create!
Assume both use a rotating prism or rotating mirror as a shutter, pretty common for ultra high speed cameras, although this could be a totally electronic shutter as nothing mechanical in a shutter could reach that rate of speed.
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