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Bullets at 20,000,000 frames per second

Posted on 10/2/25 at 3:34 pm
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
24860 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 3:34 pm
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
4292 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 3:45 pm to
Well, here goes my last hour of work.
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
14787 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 4:08 pm to
I wonder how much the HPV-X3 costs?
$10k… $50k…. more?
Posted by Woodlands Tigah
Tejas
Member since Mar 2021
977 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 4:36 pm to
Try 200k - 350K
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
14787 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 4:37 pm to
I was wayyyyy low on my estimate.
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
42030 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 4:56 pm to
I saw some clips of it on tick tock but I enjoyed this a lot more.
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
2149 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 5:22 pm to
That was enjoyable.
Posted by QuantraviousJefferso
Member since Sep 2025
190 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 5:41 pm to
The speed of light is 300 million meters per second. That means light would be moving 15 meters per frame here. Which means that if you were flming something with a 200 feet panoramic view, you'd see light travel 50 feet every frame, and it'd take 4 frames I believe to travel 200 ft over 4 frames. You could replay it at 2 frames per second, and it'd take 2 seconds for light to travel 200 feet. Awesome. They should do a video on this.
This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 5:46 pm
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
7644 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 5:57 pm to
You can rig it up all the way to 80 million frames per second if you go into Playback Speed!
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
24860 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 5:58 pm to
Used to do a good bit of time-lapse, but this is way at the other extreme.

Can't imagine how they can get 20 million frames per second!
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
22535 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 7:30 pm to
Reminds me of this (slo-mo shooting a gun with another gun)

This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 7:31 pm
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
22535 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 7:34 pm to
quote:

Try 200k - 350K


Possibly more. I know the phantoms get up to that much but don’t think the fps is nearly that high.
Posted by oliver646
Member since Jun 2024
55 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 7:36 pm to
I wonder how much data storage a camera like that eats up just for a few seconds of footage. Must be massive.
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
15785 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:03 pm to
Now, hit the gear icon/settings on the video controls and decrease the speed of the you tube video from normal to 0.25 speed.

Slow motion of epic slow motion.
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
53135 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:34 pm to
I hope that they are wearing safety glasses as they watch the experiment.
Posted by LoneStarStiffShaft
Member since Aug 2025
26 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:58 pm to
That video was great.
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
84436 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 4:24 am to
quote:

Try 200k - 350K
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
24860 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:34 pm to
quote:

I wonder how much data storage a camera like that eats up just for a few seconds of footage. Must be massive.


The resolution looks pretty good so it must indeed be massive. The recording media must be a big array of some very fast memory. I'm in as much awe of the camera as the pictures it takes at 20m fps.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
24860 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 12:41 pm to
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
31800 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 1:09 pm to
I'm just amazed by the technology..
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