Patrick Cooper Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I was watching the 84th Academy Awards and took great interest in the section on technical achievements. It was noted that with digital high speed cameras, 2000fps was now possible. I was under the impression that for decades, there have been high speed film cameras that could run at more than double that frame rate. Am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Blakley Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Yeah, you're missing the fact that everything that was ever achievable with film never happened. Geez, get with the program. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cooper Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Yeah, you're missing the fact that everything that was ever achievable with film never happened. Geez, get with the program. I don't know what's confusing me more from that awards night - the 2000 fps statement or Angelina Jolie's exaggerated leg pose :huh: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 High-speed up to 20,000pps was always fairly straightforward with 16mm, and much higher with more specialised techniques where the film didn't have to move at all- up to millions of pps equivalent. But the limit for 35mm. was always a lot lower- a couple of thousand pps and a few hundred pin-registered. 1000' in a few seconds. (PPS, 'pictures per second', accounts for using a half-height frame with the appropriate rotating prism to get a higher effective framing rate. So the film only has to move at half the speed.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Joseph Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Yeah that actually took me a bit by surprise too, I mean of course film stock gets ridiculously chewed up, but that kind of slow motion has been possible with film for a while. The digital equivalents are getting pretty interesting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 film stock gets ridiculously chewed up, We used tweezers, paintbrush and a vacuum cleaner to clean up after each run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 We used tweezers, paintbrush and a vacuum cleaner to clean up after each run. We called it "making salad." The statement at the awards should not be so difficult to understand. The achievement was in digital photography which is or will be the new standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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