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Luxury

Luxury

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In the eight ball question thread someone mentioned if they were asked to watch a hit they would film it.

That prompted me to download the "slow pro" and "perfect pic" apps.

http://youtu.be/GxWzyMXKO24

Is this a good hit, shooting the 15?

"Slow pro" allows you to upload to YouTube and "perfect pic" goes even slower!
 
I somehow captured the exact frame at point of contact, looks like the 15 was hit first You can see a bit of space between the 8, but none at the 15. Had to watch the video a few times to see that the 15 moved first.

If the hit was good depends on if you were trying to hit the 8 or the 15 hehe.

I think you need to slow it down even more to see it better.

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I agree it was a good hit on the 15. The Perfect Pic app goes way slower.
 
Good idea. Are you using an iphone?
One of the limitations of these apps is they can't improve the framerate of capture,
just slow down the playback. A lot of the frames on the video are just duplicated.

But I found out that it captures at 30 FPS in brighter light,
and reduces to 24 frames per second in low light.
So if you plan on capturing a questionable hit for video review,
blast it with light first.
 
CreeDo said:
Good idea. Are you using an iphone?

One of the limitations of these apps is they can't improve the framerate of capture,

just slow down the playback. A lot of the frames on the video are just duplicated.



But I found out that it captures at 30 FPS in brighter light,

and reduces to 24 frames per second in low light.

So if you plan on capturing a questionable hit for video review,

blast it with light first.
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Yeah I used an iPhone. There are some other slow mo apps that cost .99 or more but the two I listed get the job done for me.
 
With a good hit on the 15 the cue ball will stop more or less dead and then maybe follow forward.

It looks to me like the hit was bad.

I think you caught the image barely after the cue ball has hit the eight ball. Otherwise, how could you see a gap?
 
Yeah, the way that CB came off the rail really makes me think it hit the 8 just before the 15, which then pushed it into and then out from the rail. Hitting the 15 first the CB might bump the 8, but it wouldn't shoot off the rail at that angle.

Also, turn your phone 90 degrees when making a video! Heh
 
After reading the first few posts, I wrote my vision off as old eyes. I was glad to see the next few think the hit was bad. I also saw it as a bad hit.
 
I stand corrected...don't ask me to ref a shot! lol
 
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Bob Jewett said:
With a good hit on the 15 the cue ball will stop more or less dead and then maybe follow forward.



It looks to me like the hit was bad.



I think you caught the image barely after the cue ball has hit the eight ball. Otherwise, how could you see a gap?
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I can't see anyone arguing this logic.
 
Must be an iphone app. It doesn't come up for my droid in the free, or paid apps. Not a big fan of videos for watching hits, but thought I might give it a try. I'll be damned if i'll ever own an iphone though so I guess i'll just have to take your word for it.
 
Bob Jewett said:
With a good hit on the 15 the cue ball will stop more or less dead and then maybe follow forward.

It looks to me like the hit was bad.

I think you caught the image barely after the cue ball has hit the eight ball. Otherwise, how could you see a gap?
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Luxury said:
I can't see anyone arguing this logic.
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Just looking at the images it appears to me that the QB and the 15 show movement and the 8 doesn't, its still crisp as if it has never moved.
 
bflgvs said:
Just looking at the images it appears to me that the QB and the 15 show movement and the 8 doesn't, its still crisp as if it has never moved.
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Hmmmmm. That's a good point. However the eight wouldn't have a blur to it like the 15 because it wouldn't be moving at nearly the speed as the 15 would, causing the 15 to blur in the photo.
 
Luxury said:
Hmmmmm. That's a good point. However the eight wouldn't have a blur to it like the 15 because it wouldn't be moving at nearly the speed as the 15 would, causing the 15 to blur in the photo.
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Lee,

Any movement by the 8 would cause it to be blurred in the photo, however so slightly. Is that the case here? ...old eyes make it really harder to judge. I'm also taking into consideration the relative shutter speed of the phone's camera.

I'm not saying yes or no to the hit. This is how I see the snapshot.
 
I watched the video a few times, the 15 looked to have moved first. Although I did pause when I saw where the 8 went after the hit. I watched it 4-5 times and the 15 looks to move first.

After I looked at the picture, I think the reason the 8 moved sideways was because the 15 ball and the cueball contacted each other just before the fattest part of the cueball reached the 8. When the fattest part of the cueball did reach the 8 ball location, it thinned it out almost sideways. If you look at the still I captured, you can see the equator of the cueball being just off the equator of the 8 ball as it contacts the 15, a millisecond later the equators hit and the 8 ball is cut at an almost 90 degree angle.
 
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I think some of the posters need to get to the table and try the shot. Try it with a little extra space between the 8 and the rail so you can easily get a good hit and try it with not quite enough space so you are sure to get a bad hit. Notice what happens. Report back.
 
My Samsung Galaxy Note3 and the 2 both have up to 8x slow motion video capture built in.

This was filmed with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y449aAxBrjI

I had the idea earlier today to try and film myself using CTE in slomo so that the motions would be easier to follow.

Using it to film the hit is a good idea.
 
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