This gorÂgeous video of a cymÂbal (shot with a PhanÂtom at 1,000 frames per secÂond) made our mornÂing. And then KotÂtke’s find below — brilÂliant footage of vibratÂing guiÂtar strings — made our afterÂnoon.
Hope you enjoy them as much as we did, and have a great weekÂend!
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The first video is great! …but the secÂond one seems fake!
Check out this entire music video shot with a PhanÂtom — cymÂbal, guiÂtar, and gunÂfire includÂed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nVs7bVKqo&feature=fvsr
I’m with James on the guiÂtar film. How can the strings be the only thing filmed in slow motion?
I don’t think the secÂond video is fake, and it is in real time, not slow motion. But the wave shapes on the strings are not real, just an artiÂfact of being capÂtured at a cerÂtain frame rate. It is a litÂtle bit like when car wheels seem to be going in reverse in the movies.
… or it is like those videos of water droplets falling the wrong way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRlNOyxWWf8
The guiÂtar video also demonÂstrates that the pixÂels of each frame are not capÂtured all at the same instant, but in series. This accounts for the kinky shapes on the strings. The actuÂal strings are always pretÂty close to straight.