High Speed capturing?

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Gerhard Nowak

Hi there,

I posted this question some time ago with no answers.

Is there really no way of capturing high speed movies? Even 500p/sec. not
possible?

Thanks in advance

Gerry
 
Is there really no way of capturing high speed movies? Even 500p/sec. not
possible?
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What do you mean by a high speed movie?

What does 500p/sec mean?
 
Sorry, I simply want to tape something like waves in the ocean or else with
500 or more pictures per second.

I did this several times, but when I captured it with MM2, it was not like I
expected smoothly, but rough and distorted.

Maybe because the capture takes only 30p/sec. it will only recognize each
20th picture at 500 or 600p/sec.!

The normal DV-Camcorders are taping up to 10.000p/sec!

Thats it.

Gerry
 
Sorry, I simply want to tape something like waves in the ocean or else
with
500 or more pictures per second.

I did this several times, but when I captured it with MM2, it was not like I
expected smoothly, but rough and distorted.

Maybe because the capture takes only 30p/sec. it will only recognize each
20th picture at 500 or 600p/sec.!

The normal DV-Camcorders are taping up to 10.000p/sec!

Thats it.
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I think you may be confusing shutter speed with frames per second. A normal
NTSC DV camcorder records at 29.97 fps (PAL is 25 fps but slightly higher
resolution). You can set the shutter speeds on some camcorders up to
1/15,000 of a second, possibly higher. This does not affect the frame rate,
but does affect the clarity of fast moving objects (and requires a larger
aperture to let in more light).

You can get double the standard frame rate by deinterlacing the frames.
This is because normal video is interlaced meaning, the odd and even scan
lines are taken 1/29.97 of a second apart. This requires special software
and AFAIK MovieMaker can't do it.
 
Thanks a lot.

I am glad to learn something new everyday.

Regards


Gerry
of Mauritius
 
Gerry
of Mauritius
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I dated a woman from Mauritius. Interesting place. I read recently that
the government is promoting the island as an Internet hub between India and
Africa and as a technology center.
 
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