Sunday, August 07, 2005

The Art and Science of High Speed Photography


During this test I wanted to shoot with an air rifle straight through a card. The bullet ought to be stuck halfway the card. First everything was calculated, put into place and then the shot was fired. The first shot was pretty good but the bullet didn’t go halfway as intended. So there had to be more time between the firing of the riffle and using the flash.
The result of it all you can see here. The interval times can be measured precisely. The bullet leaves the barrel with a certain speed. So let’s measure that speed.

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