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Title: HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY TO BUILD BETTER BOWS
Post by: AALLFAB on July 01, 2010, 04:08:00 AM

Any inexpensive ways to shoot high speed photos or slow down a movie in s smooth way to see how limbs unfold during a shot to see how they are timed to each-other? Jim

Title: Re: HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY TO BUILD BETTER BOWS
Post by: Yeoman Bowman on April 14, 2011, 01:00:00 AM

AALLFAB,

Sorry for the late reply, but I just saw your post.

You need a special video camera that shoots thousands of frames per second. That way when the video is slowed down, each frame is still clear and sharp. These types of cameras are used to record events that happen too fast for the human eye to follow.(A bullet passing through an apple, for example).

These are not the kinds of cameras that most people buy. Typically a research institute or the government would have them.

A regular camcorder from BigBox Stores shoots about 30 frames per second. When slowed down, you just get blurred images.

Check out this website for high speed cameras.

  http://www.photron.com/

Yeoman

Title: Re: HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY TO BUILD BETTER BOWS
Post by: AALLFAB on April 14, 2011, 01:14:00 AM

thanks i will check it out. Jim

Title: Re: HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY TO BUILD BETTER BOWS
Post by: B M A on April 14, 2011, 03:14:00 AM

Contact Kirk at Bigfoot Bows a sponsor here.  He has a set up that works great.  He will help you out.

Title: Re: HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY TO BUILD BETTER BOWS
Post by: AALLFAB on April 14, 2011, 09:41:00 AM

Cool site Yeoman but cant find prices i will also try Kirk

Title: Re: HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY TO BUILD BETTER BOWS
Post by: Yeoman Bowman on April 14, 2011, 08:19:00 PM

Update: Casio has come out with 2 consumer camera/camcorder that does high speed video. The Exilim EX-ZR100 and the EX-F1.

A review of the EX-F1 is available here:

 http://www.pcworld.com/article/141079/casio_unveils_super_highspeed_digital_still_camera.html

and a video of the EX-ZR100 is here:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzX5xnSznZo

Looks pretty neat.

The EX-F1 is still pricey at $3000, but the EX-ZR100 is only $300 or so.

Yeoman

Title: Re: HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY TO BUILD BETTER BOWS
Post by: AALLFAB on April 14, 2011, 08:59:00 PM

300 is about the number i was looking for so i will be researching that one for sure, thanks. Jim