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Good questions. See my responses below... Edgertronic high speed video camera with the following specs: - Color, 8GB Buffer, stock 50mm lens One additional Nikon F-mount Lens (probably a midrange zoom) Camera = $5495 Shipping = $50 Extra lens = ~$500+/- http://edgertronic.com/ For...

These are also well-thought-out and legitimate questions (all of which I've asked myself many times lol). Allow me to defer for now and address those when I get home with a proper keyboard in front of me. :) -Blake

Glad you liked it. It took a while to get everything synced up, but I think it was worth the wait. Not to go too far off topic, but I did make one 3D (stereoscopic) SloMo pool video using my two cameras simultaneously, mounted eye-width apart... You seem like the kind of guy that would dig...

Thanks PJ! I wanted to see the same thing. lol Unfortunately, for these videos, I only brought one slomo camera and used my DSLR for the side view. Although it shoots 60 fps, all the side views I could grab were blurry enough that they were basically uninterpretable around the moment of...

NOTE: This is a VERY long post, but I'd appreciate you taking a few minutes to read it. Some of it gets a little technical, but I have tried to make it as understandable as possible. I also have tried to illustrate the various reasons that I believe the acquisition of this camera might be a...

Finally got done syncing and processing the video clips. Here is the final product: https://youtu.be/HolPLrqvqhI I hope this video is informative and educational (and a little bit beautiful). Can you use follow on a jump shot? Yes. Yes, you can! Thanks again for this discussion. I've...

To be honest, I don't remember even shooting those shots (nearly 6 years ago)... I shot some video today, but didn't have as much time as I thought I would, so I chose to focus on attempting to get forward spin on relatively short (~2 foot) full-ball jump shots. Damn, those are tough. I did...

Wow, that is quite an idea. I'm not sure what to say, but I'll give it a shot. If this happens, I would certainly be willing to commit to doing weekly video episodes for the benefit of the pool community. Maybe a "shot of the week," or interviews and demonstrations from highly skilled and/or...

By the way, the jump shot at 3:57 in the above-linked video was shot with a full-length break cue (phenolic tip) and I think clearly demonstrates a significant amount of immediate forward spin (while airborne) as well as the "follow behavior" as the cue ball follows two rails and out, back...

Please allow me to back up and attempt an answer using a different tact... If we consider a normal cue elevation, lined up for max follow, and stroke with substantial speed, I think we all understand that the cue ball absolutely will jump (a little bit) and will most certainly follow the OB...

I hear ya, loud and clear. See my post in the jump-follow thread you linked to... -Blake

I've heard of a technique wherein a player uses a jump cue (or break cue) in order to avoid a double hit when playing a very soft, very short safety shot when the CB is near the OB, and both are near a rail. It seems that the hard tip makes it easier to "tap" the CB lightly, thus allowing the...

Back in college, we had a laundromat called Harvey Washbangers near campus that had a couple of bar tables. Being an irresponsible sophomore, laundry day usually meant having to wash so many loads of laundry, you'd think I had a family of four. Lol I hate to admit it, but all the time I spent...

A few years ago, I found this website that discusses wave characteristics and force transmission along the axis of the cue (from tip to bumper and back). I don't understand half of it, but it was a pretty interesting article. Since it seems to be at least somewhat related to this discussion, I...

I have a pretty full beard and shoot with my chin on the cue also. I don't have any problems with my current cue catching my beard, but I have played with other cues that cause some shockingly painful hair removals. :) I don't know much about cue repair, but you may want to have someone look at...

I think so. I'll be shooting all kinds of jump shots with jump cues, LD cues, regular maple cues, and break cues for this next video. Hopefully those shots will help answer this question more concretely. I interpreted the OP's question this way: Can you jump a cue ball in such a way that...

Yes, you can! I'll add this to the list for the upcoming SloMo video for sure. In the meantime, you can see a couple of SloMo jumps with follow starting at about 2:38 in this video: http://youtu.be/dN5_NrkjQj8 I'll try to get maximum follow for the next video - as others have said, there is a...

Looks like we're off to a good start. Thanks for all the ideas. Keep them coming! I've updated the first post with a list to help me stay organized. This is going to be fun! -Blake

Super shot! I don't know if I have quite enough stroke to do that, but I bet I can find somebody that does. :) Thanks for the recommendation!

Well, here we go again! I've decided that it's time to put together another SloMo pool video, so I wanted to ask all my fellow pool players and friends which shots you'd like to see. These requests can be a topic of recent discussion, something you're trying to understand, or simply a...