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Honestly, the best answer is probably to do nothing. I'm happy doing what I do, and I still have my current slomo cameras and they do a decent job within certain limits. Yeah, that makes sense. The only reason I brought up the group idea is that I do actually receive a fair number of requests...

Mike, No hard feelings. I have nothing but respect for you, and I appreciate your words of wisdom. It was a very well thought-out and direct post, and I appreciate that. I'd like to share a couple of ideas that popped back into my head as I was considering your message. Bare with me while I...

This camera uses Nikon F-mount lenses. It comes with a 50mm f/1.8, which would be fine to start with. Others have had good results with a 24-70 f/2.8 on this particular camera, but for shooting breaks, jumps, etc, I'd want the camera a good distance away from the table. :) One thing I still...

No offense taken, Mike. You're a great person and I really enjoy reading all your posts (especially the photography ones in NPR). I'm very grateful for what the AZB community did for my dad, and it's not something that I'll ever forget. That kind of peer support is a big part of why I spend...

Thanks for the videos, askalf, and thanks for the additional info, Dave. Those videos are great! Looks like they used a Vision Research Phantom V12. The current version of that camera (V12.1) can shoot up to 1,000,000 fps (at very low resolution - 128x8), or about 7,000 fps at 720p HD, and of...

That is an amazing and beautiful shot! Wow! Nailed it under pressure, too. Great shot. Wow again.

Wow, nice out! Heck, that's a great run, whether it's 9 ball or one pocket. I'm with pt109. Did you cut in the 6 and go 5 rails? I bet that was a handsome shot to see in person.

I think I kind of understand what that means, but it sure seems simpler to just shoot the video at 10,000 fps to begin with. :) I'm not sure, but one other thing that may differentiate high speed video like this from the stroboscope is that in most cases, the camera has the shutter open for...

I'm not sure I understand how you can get those numbers using a camera that only shoots 1000 fps. Each frame would be 0.001 seconds long, so how can you determine that ball-ball collision (for example) is only half a frame long? For example, using a 1000 fps camera, if a certain tip-ball...

I'm also a big fan of 1P; I love the fancy shots. Here are a few short videos I shot for various threads over on onepocket.org - mostly slomo, of course, but without all my typical fancy music and editing and such. ;)...

That's pretty cool. Thanks for the tip! 300 inches per second sounds way cooler than 18 miles per hour. :) -Blake

Maybe I could help with that sticky. I'll try to write something up over the next week. To the OP, if you need any help, I'm just a PM away. -Blake

Yeah, I was kind of afraid of that. New goal: $6600! Lol just kidding! Good point though, a business expense doesn't have to be profitable to be deductible or depreciable. Good news is that I have 362 days to figure it out. :) -Blake PS thanks pt109 :thumbsup:

You're welcome. I've certainly wanted a camera like this for some time, but really mainly just so I could capture and share high speed pool videos. So far, I haven't had a business need for the very high frame rate capabilities. It would be fantastic for pool, (and some other niche...

Many members here have enjoyed and appreciated some of the slow motion pool videos that I've put together over the years. Many people have asked to see comparison high speed videos of tip-ball contact, so I mentioned that the frame rates needed for that type of video would require a very high...

Good question. Lighting is critical for high speed video. Not only do the lights need to be bright, but they need to have a very high refresh rate. Normal light bulbs actually flicker at 60 Hz, so once you shoot at a frame rate above that, the flickering becomes noticeable in the slowed-down...

I don't know which camera was used for that Austrian video, but after watching it again, we can make some estimates. Most of the (non-infrared) clips appear to be shot at between 1000 to 2000 fps (based on the flickering of the light sources). The resolution appears to be around 640x480 from a...

On purpose, of course! ;) Thanks!

Just for kicks, here's a time lapse of me trying to shoot the jump-follow video while also trying to learn this shot, and simultaneously running two cameras (and trying to keep them in sync), an audio recorder, two sets of finicky high-frequency halogen lights, and also shooting the actual jump...

Holy smokes, man, NICE SHOT!