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minus-squarefakeman_pretendnamelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoAlso slow-motion camera footage of something being destroyed.
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up30·4 months agoThe high-speed camera is how you get slow motion footage.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendnamelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-24 months agoThat’s a very good point - one I perhaps wish I’d realised myself 20 minutes ago. [Edit] People also like sped-up footage of things being destroyed though, right?
minus-squareSPRUNT@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoNay! Sped up footage of massive things being assembled.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendnamelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoLove a bit of time-lapse construction
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoThe problem is it must go well with a Benny Hill song, because if it’s fast and long enough, a Benny Hill song will play inside your head.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendnamelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months ago“Yakety Sax” (the Benny Hill song) pretty much goes with any sped up footage, so I think this problem solves itself :)
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoHigh speed refers to the shutter speed in a camera – how quickly it can take frames. Slow motion footage is taken in a high speed camera. It’s just a weird quirk of language.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendnamelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoStupidly enough, I actually know this, and know it very well :( I just took it as: High speed | camera footage i.e. camera footage, playing at high speed. Instead of: High speed camera | footage i.e. footage from a high speed camera I am ashamed.
minus-squareToneswirly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoNot sure if unaware or trying to trap pedants
Also slow-motion camera footage of something being destroyed.
The high-speed camera is how you get slow motion footage.
That’s a very good point - one I perhaps wish I’d realised myself 20 minutes ago.
[Edit] People also like sped-up footage of things being destroyed though, right?
Nay! Sped up footage of massive things being assembled.
Love a bit of time-lapse construction
The problem is it must go well with a Benny Hill song, because if it’s fast and long enough, a Benny Hill song will play inside your head.
“Yakety Sax” (the Benny Hill song) pretty much goes with any sped up footage, so I think this problem solves itself :)
High speed refers to the shutter speed in a camera – how quickly it can take frames. Slow motion footage is taken in a high speed camera. It’s just a weird quirk of language.
Stupidly enough, I actually know this, and know it very well :(
I just took it as:
High speed | camera footage
i.e. camera footage, playing at high speed.
Instead of:
High speed camera | footage i.e. footage from a high speed camera
I am ashamed.
Not sure if unaware or trying to trap pedants