What Is Slow Motion?

Hello internet, this week we're talking about something most people have seen. SLOW MOTION! Everybody love's watching some good slow motion, but how is real slow motion done? Some would say that you just run slow and slur your voice. Others would say you just take your video and slow down the playback rate. Now people could even say you shoot something on the new iPhone. But real slow motion is much more than that. For real slow motion you shoot with specially designed cameras. One of the most common brand names for slow motion cameras is called the Phantom cameras. Cameras like these record slow motion by recording tens of thousands of frames per seconds (differing from each model). At normal playback of 30 frames per second you could have only a few seconds of video play back at a duration of a couple of minutes. However this isn't something just anyone can do. It costs a lot of money to purchase one of these cameras and special training to operate them. So creates a special career field for camera operators who'd like to invest in doing slow motion as their job. For a great example of slow motion in use for fun ways you can check out www.youtube.com/theslowmoguys. It's a channel where a professional slow motion camera operator uses his phantom to shoot really cool entertaining things in slow motion. Until next week I'll leave you with their newest video you wouldn't wanna miss.