You record at 12,000 fps to playback at 24fps to view high-speed events, such as bullet leaving a gun or the instance of a fracture in glass before it breaks upon an impact, in remarkable and interesting detail. It's a matter of examination of events too fast for the human eye to see. You'll see some of this used in upcoming cinema but the real benefits are not in entertainment, but in science.
Discovery channel had some footage on this. Very impressive.
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You record at 12,000 fps to playback at 24fps to view high-speed events, such as bullet leaving a gun or the instance of a fracture in glass before it breaks upon an impact, in remarkable and interesting detail. It's a matter of examination of events too fast for the human eye to see. You'll see some of this used in upcoming cinema but the real benefits are not in entertainment, but in science. Discovery channel had some footage on this. Very impressive.