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18,000fps High Speed Photography in the 1960s
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:57 am    Post subject: 18,000fps High Speed Photography in the 1960s Reply with quote
http://petapixel.com/2013/08/20/blast-from-the-past-18000fps-high-speed-photography-in-the-1960s/

Quite amazing what had been achieved then using ordinary film... Shocked

I have some of those lenses used then for that camera.


PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What a cool old video. The golden age of mechanical engineering.

I was really surprised by the simplicity of the internals of those high speed cameras.


PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is fast even by today's standard. Only if our SLR/DSLR have a fraction of its speed.


PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had my hands on a Beckman and Whitley Framing camera. It was very big, and driven by a helium turbine.

1.8Million frames per second onto a strip of 35mm film which was stationary. This camera was about 8ft tall. It's original cost was $120,000 in 1960.
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