Take a Super Slow Motion Look at What Happens Inside a DSLR Camera

With the naked eye, it’s near­ly impos­si­ble to see what hap­pens inside a DSLR cam­era when the shut­ter acti­vates. But all of that changes when you use a high speed cam­era — the Phan­tom Flex — to slow things down to 10,000fps. Above, you can see The Slow Mo Guys do their thing. It’s fun to watch, and you’ll prob­a­bly learn a few things about how a cam­era works.

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