high speed photography

Here’s a bullet time video booth you can build yourself

May 30, 2023 John Aldred

Ok, so this is going to require something of a budget. This is because of the simple fact that shooting bullet time requires a whole…

The Phantom VEO 610 is the new “budget-friendly” Super 35mm camera that shoots HD at 7,420fps

Apr 8, 2022 John Aldred

Anybody who’s ever watched The Slow Mo Guys knows who Vision Research are. They’re the company that makes the ultra-high-speed slow-motion Phantom cameras the boys…

Researchers in Scotland develop “affordable” high speed HD camera tech that shoots millions of frames per second

Mar 3, 2022 John Aldred

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have developed a new advanced camera technology that can capture full-colour high definition (1280×720) resolution images at millions of…

The new Phantom TMX 5010 camera captures up to 1.16 million frames per second

Jul 20, 2021 John Aldred

Vision Research has announced its new Phantom cameras. The first is the TMX 5010, which is considered an entry-level camera in the Phantom TMX series…

This is the most frugal DIY clamp for high speed laser triggers

Oct 21, 2020 Ted Scott

A few years ago, I became interested in what stuff looks like when falling through space. Specifically, I wanted to see the accidental shapes which…

Freefly launches Wave – A 4K slow mo camera that shoots up 9,259 frames per second

Oct 9, 2020 John Aldred

Freefly, yup, that Freefly, the one who makes drones and gimbals, has launched a camera. It’s called the Wave and it’s a small high-speed 4K…

Creating experimental bullet-time footage with 15 Raspberry Pi cameras

Sep 24, 2020 John Aldred

While the name Eric Paré might be very familiar on here for those who do light painting, many readers of this site might not know…

Scientists managed to capture a light beam moving between a set of mirrors

Jul 31, 2020 Dunja Djudjic

There are some pretty epic video taken with high-speed cameras: from the smell of rain to light’s “sonic boom.” But have you ever seen you’d…

This woodworker uses a Phantom camera to show the power of table saws at 19,000fps

Jul 15, 2020 John Aldred

As somebody who likes to make stuff, I follow a lot of channels on YouTube that have nothing to do with photography. People like Alec…

These clips show how different frame rates affect a final shot

Jan 19, 2020 Udi Tirosh

Chris Vanderschaaf is a cinematographer specializing in slow motion video. He goes to the world armed with a Phantom Flex4K to capture amazing footage (check…