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minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 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-27 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.
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.