Learn & Explore Series Episode 35
"High-Speed Photography"
Did You Know?
The fastest high-speed camera can record 200 million frames per second.
Did You Know?
Many movie production companies have utilized the Phantom Flex camera, which records as many as 2,570 frames per second at full-HD 1080p resolution.
Did You Know?
Dr. Harold Edgerton, an MIT professor and inventor of the electronic flash, recorded the first high-speed color photographs using cameras with electronic flash exposures with a range of 1/50,000 to 1/1,000,000 of a second.
Questions covered in the above interview:
- What is high-speed photography and what are the kinds of images a photography enthusiast can expect to capture?
- What special equipment is required for high-speed photography?
- Do I need a large interior space or studio to photograph bursting balloons, breaking glass and other controlled high-speed photography?
- Do I need specific kinds of flash or lighting equipment?
- Is a DSLR camera required?
- What are the best lens configurations for high-speed photography?
- What do I need to know to photograph lightning?
- Should I use manual or auto focus for the best lightning photos?
- What kind of equipment do I need to trigger my camera to capture lightning?
- How dangerous is photographing lightning and how do I protect myself?
- How exactly does a camera trigger work for high-speed photography?
- Does a camera trigger for high-speed photography only respond to the light flash of lightning or fireworks?
- What is timelapse photography?
- How many modes will a good camera trigger have?
- Will a good camera trigger allow me to set various intervals to trigger the flash and camera to capture a series of images?