fishbait said:
Go to my thread on NikonCafe.com where you can see 50+ pages and hundreds of images on how to shoot water drops with a gun.
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=275962

Fishbait:
1) thanks for sharing all your experience and knowledge on the thread you pointed above. I'm also known as Rbid in NikonCafe.com, I joined that site 5 years ago, but due to my lack of time I stopped to follow the stuff over.. I should return there as well, I met interesting people over there, all with the same purpose: share their experience with Nikon Photography.

2) Welcome to NR, a forum that has a lot of fire and some smoke to dissipate...

JLPhoto said:
Those are not bullets, they are pellets. They MIGHT be going 400 feet per second. Actual bullets fired from a real gun will be traveling at least 2000 feet per sec.

I guess the same technique can be used with faster bullets. Timing may be different, but posible following the same guidelines posted in the NikonCafe.com thread. The speed of a bullet depends on the caliber/length of the cane/distance from the object/etc.
The same thread has photos from faster bullets (A 5.6mm caliber or bigger).. just scroll down and look at the photos, also look here: http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?p=3200992 (Search for "Fake High Speed Photography" in NikonCafe.com)

Those are not bullets, they are pellets. They MIGHT be going 400 feet per second. Actual bullets fired from a real gun will be traveling at least 2000 feet per sec.

rbid said:
Wow, droplets taken do a next level. I want to know how he did it!
As far I know, he used a D700.

Go to my thread on NikonCafe.com where you can see 50+ pages and hundreds of images on how to shoot water drops with a gun.
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=275962

ProImages said:
A flash is the only thing Nikon makes that's fast enough to stop a bullet. A Nikon flash can be as fast as 1/40,000 sec. Faster flashes are available from other manufacturers. The trick is to shoot in the dark and use a device with sensors to control the camera and flashes like a StopShot.
Look at these photos, he's shooting a water drop with a gun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slappyfishbait/

Wow, droplets taken do a next level. I want to know how he did it!
As far I know, he used a D700.

A flash is the only thing Nikon makes that's fast enough to stop a bullet. A Nikon flash can be as fast as 1/40,000 sec. Faster flashes are available from other manufacturers. The trick is to shoot in the dark and use a device with sensors to control the camera and flashes like a StopShot.
Look at these photos, he's shooting a water drop with a gun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slappyfishbait/

NikoDoby said:
Sounds like a fun and exciting drinking game! I'll bring the gun and bullet and you bring the beer, camera, and quick reflexes. What could possibly go wrong? :^)

He could bring the wrong brand of beer, obviously.

Super Shooter said:
It's not that hard. You don't even need any fancy equipment. Just count 3..2..1 before pulling the trigger. Easy-peasy!

Sounds like a fun and exciting drinking game! I'll bring the gun and bullet and you bring the beer, camera, and quick reflexes. What could possibly go wrong? :^)

Thats quite the photo supershooter wow..

Most bullets travel faster than the speed of sound so this would require special equipment to say the least. Cool link Adamz and very interesting topic NSX!

Casio would be the one, I got confuzzled.

My wife uses that word all the time. I thought it only existed in some language she invented in her head.

TaoTeJared said:
There is actually a lot of "name brand" so-called high speed cameras out there. Casio is the most seen.

I haven't touched video as it is not my thing and as you said the cost. Cameras are the cheap items as the computer and software are the big expenses (or would be for me). I have friends that play with it all the time though. One picked up a cheaper one for about $600 that shoots 1500 FPS at 720p and the stuff he is doing has a real potential to be really amazing.

Casio would be the one, I got confuzzled.

NSXType-R said:
Fuji makes (made?) a bridge camera that shoots at very high speeds, I forgot the model number. The resolution isn't very high, but it seems very cool.

There is actually a lot of "name brand" so-called high speed cameras out there. Casio is the most seen.

I haven't touched video as it is not my thing and as you said the cost. Cameras are the cheap items as the computer and software are the big expenses (or would be for me). I have friends that play with it all the time though. One picked up a cheaper one for about $600 that shoots 1500 FPS at 720p and the stuff he is doing has a real potential to be really amazing.

TaoTeJared said:
There are infrared triggers - but I don't think they could fire fast enough to get a bullet. Honestly I think they are just high speed video cameras. Early on I know they used a normal strobe light. (Not your camera flash)

This exists:

1024 x 1024 resolution at 5,400 fps
True 12-bit depth
Record to 675,000 fps
Optional shutter to 369 nanoseconds
Sealed dustproof "Range" option
PC Control & download or "Stand alone" remote keypad control
Up to 32GB of memory for long record times
Since no links- mctcameras

There are quite a few companies that build high fps video cameras.

Thanks for the links.

Slow motion is really cool, just seems even more expensive than wildlife photography.

Fuji makes (made?) a bridge camera that shoots at very high speeds, I forgot the model number. The resolution isn't very high, but it seems very cool.

:)

It's not that hard. You don't even need any fancy equipment. Just count 3..2..1 before pulling the trigger. Easy-peasy!

I have seem many such photos. The tag lines, as I recall, mentioned a very fast strobe (which is what actually "froze" the bullet) set off by some sort of "trigger" which fired the strobe as the bullet entered the prefocused point. I doubt any of us would have access to the needed equipment.

Here is another: visionresearch
They can use Nikon (F mount) lenses!

There are infrared triggers - but I don't think they could fire fast enough to get a bullet. Honestly I think they are just high speed video cameras. Early on I know they used a normal strobe light. (Not your camera flash)

This exists:

1024 x 1024 resolution at 5,400 fps
True 12-bit depth
Record to 675,000 fps
Optional shutter to 369 nanoseconds
Sealed dustproof "Range" option
PC Control & download or "Stand alone" remote keypad control
Up to 32GB of memory for long record times
Since no links- mctcameras

There are quite a few companies that build high fps video cameras.

guys, check out camera axe it's a device (both hardware&software) developed under CC, which allows You to trigger camera or/and flash based on some external sensors

There are cameras that take 1,000 of photos per second out their. I'm not sure how they first did it, but I know that is what many use. I look them up once, surprisingly not too expensive considering the specialty of it.

kaos said:
Although I haven't tried it, even a strobe (say, an SB-900) would have a problem with this. Even at minimum power (1/128), the duration of the flash is listed as 1/38,500 sec. While that sounds awfully fast, even a slow bullet (800 ft/sec) with travel through 1/4 inch (6 mm) in that time. Given that an average .357 bullet is something around 3/4 in. (19 mm) in length, even at this flash speed it would pass through 1/3 of it's total length during the duration of the flash. I can't see this coming out in an image, although I'd be fascinated to see what the actual results are if you could pull it off (given that this is all theoretical math, and I've never actually tried this).

Yeah, I thought it'd be moving quite too fast. Even if you used Nikon equipment, I would assume there'd be a lot of modifications, I don't think Nikon makes anything that specialized.

Although I haven't tried it, even a strobe (say, an SB-900) would have a problem with this. Even at minimum power (1/128), the duration of the flash is listed as 1/38,500 sec. While that sounds awfully fast, even a slow bullet (800 ft/sec) with travel through 1/4 inch (6 mm) in that time. Given that an average .357 bullet is something around 3/4 in. (19 mm) in length, even at this flash speed it would pass through 1/3 of it's total length during the duration of the flash. I can't see this coming out in an image, although I'd be fascinated to see what the actual results are if you could pull it off (given that this is all theoretical math, and I've never actually tried this).

Just wondering, has anyone photographed something moving at the speed of a bullet?

I was just guessing, but I would suppose you'd want to stop motion with a strobe right?

This is where high speed flash sync would be quite useful I would assume too right?