NWD Bullet Time Trigger System
Controlling the full Bullet Time camera rig.
We have spent over 18yrs now building high-end professional bullet time rigs also known as Time Slice rigs, and have created the ultimate triggering system.
Our trigger system is an electronic computer controlled system. We can actually specify each camera and fire it at any point in time. Whether that is static frozen bullet time trigger across the entire array, or in a consecutive sequential bullet time trigger, that’s up to you. The system is also fully customisable and programmable, so you can create preset and exact patterns allowing curved time ramped bullet time trigger At the touch of a button, we can switch from one firing system to another, with no issue and in seconds.
The sequential system allows ramping up and down, so not only is it firing along the array, we can speed up or slow down the travel. We can fire all the way from 1ms (1000th of a second) to half a second in the time between each camera firing, with increments of 1ms.
Frozen Static Trigger
The traditional frozen Bullet Time capture.
Bullet Time is known for the frozen synchronous moment in time, where time stops but the camera continues moving around the scene. The video here shows this happening with intro and outro cameras capturing the before and after the shot.
Sequential Video Example
Sequential triggering .
Each camera is fired with a slight defined delay, like a set of dominos falling, with one triggering the next. We can define the trigger to fire anywhere from every 1ms (1000FPS) to one trigger every minute or longer with increments of 1ms anywhere between.
Ramped Trigger System
Completely controlled Triggering.
We can plot exactly when each camera will fire, for example starting at 30fps to match the intro video, then dropping half way around in a controlled ramped curve to a super slow motion of 1000fps then ramp back up to real time of 30fps to match an intro and outro video capture. We can set these values to anything you want.
Intro and Outro Capture
Catch what happens before and after the Bullet Time shot
We own 3 x Blackmagic 12K Ursa cameras, which can shoot a resolution up to 12K and frame rates up to 240fps @ 4K. This will then be grade by ourselves and added to the bullet time footage so you have a lead in and a lead out of the shot. We can also work with any other cameras, including Phantom ultra high speed if you want extra slomo.
All the videos above have used these exact cameras for their intro and outro cameras.
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