High speed bullet impact footage

[Martin Weiss]

Some amazing high speed (1 million fps) footage of bullets hitting various objects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDoQwIAaXg

(And no, I am not glorifying guns.)

 

[MichaelHalsell]

Wow, interesting and violent all mixed up!

 

[Peter Strietmann]

Macro and high speed! Beautiful.

 

[Andrew Walker]

That was very interesting. Looks like they were shooting some large calibers. I just can't imagine how much light it took to get those shots.

 

[Denis Haineault]

Now it's just a matter of time before someone demands that all RED cameras shoots at 1 million fps...because they "need" it.

 

[Erik Widding]

I just can't imagine how much light it took to get those shots.

Camera probably has an image intensifier (think night-vision goggles on steroids).

 

[Martin Weiss]

That was very interesting. Looks like they were shooting some large calibers. I just can't imagine how much light it took to get those shots.

True - you'd need about 15 stops more than with 25fps. Then again, it does have only half of VGAs resolution.

How do you get it to be flicker free at those speeds? Does this only work with DC voltage?

 

[Andrew Walker]

Camera probably has an image intensifier (think night-vision goggles on steroids).

Still, even with a badass image intensifier you need to get that set...or range, blazen with light. Unless that intensifier does that much work, which I kind of doubt.

 

[Felix K.]

What I find amazing is that it looks just like a log hitting water. Always the same kinds of patterns in nature. No matter how big or small...

 

[Andrew Walker]

What I find amazing is that it looks just like a log hitting water. Always the same kinds of patterns in nature. No matter how big or small...

Yeah that was cool seeing lead appear liquify. I also found it interesting to see how the copper jacket got stripped off the round. Plus seeing the rifling left on the round from the barrel.