API Registry JSON CSV exports Resources
Theme

Choose how MSRBot.io looks on this device.

Auto (match system) Light mode Dark mode

Preference is stored in this browser only.

Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 18, Issue: 3, March 1932)
[ACTIVE]

Stroboscopic and Slow-Motion Moving Pictures by Means of Intermittent Light

Metadata

Publisher
SMPTE
Doc Type
Journal Article
Article Type
research-article
Abstract
In a paper published in the June issue of the Journal the author showed that mercury-arc lamps when excited by quick violent electrical transients make a practical source of intermittent light which is very actinic and has a short duration of flash. The timing of the flashes is easily controlled. In this present paper, further information regarding the duration and the quality of the light are given. Also improvements upon the mercury-arc tubes are described which simplify the construction of the light-pulse tube and the electrical circuits. Uses of intermittent light for taking motion pictures are described and illustrated by examples. There are in general two methods of using the intermittent light. One method is used to take pictures where the light is caused to flash for each frame and the film runs at a continuous speed. The second is used to take stroboscopic moving pictures of rapidly moving objects by causing the light frequency to approach the frequency of the motion of the object. Examples of the later method are shown, these being stroboscopic motion pictures of a crude motion picture claw mechanism operating at 30 fps. and of the surges in the valve springs of a gasoline engine running at 1930 rpm.
Publication Date
1932-03-01
DOI
10.5594/J05547
Link
https://doi.org/10.5594/J05547
Author(s)
H. E. Edgerton
Source Data (JSON)

Full registry record with provenance metadata. Open directly: /api/doc/10.5594-J05547.json

Reference this Doc

Plain text (ISO 690 compliant)

Preview:
H. E. Edgerton; Stroboscopic and Slow-Motion Moving Pictures by Means of Intermittent Light, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 18, Issue: 3, March 1932); SMPTE, 1932. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J05547
Snippet:
H. E. Edgerton; Stroboscopic and Slow-Motion Moving Pictures by Means of Intermittent Light, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 18, Issue: 3, March 1932); SMPTE, 1932. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J05547

HTML (ISO 690 compliant)

Preview:
H. E. Edgerton; Stroboscopic and Slow-Motion Moving Pictures by Means of Intermittent Light, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 18, Issue: 3, March 1932); SMPTE, 1932. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J05547
Snippet:
<span class="citation">H. E. Edgerton; <cite>Stroboscopic and Slow-Motion Moving Pictures by Means of Intermittent Light</cite>, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 18, Issue: 3, March 1932); SMPTE, 1932. Available at <a href="https://doi.org/10.5594/J05547" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.5594/J05547</a></span>

SMPTE Icon SMPTE's HTML Pub

Preview:
H. E. Edgerton; Stroboscopic and Slow-Motion Moving Pictures by Means of Intermittent Light, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 18, Issue: 3, March 1932); SMPTE, 1932
doi: 10.5594/J05547
url: https://doi.org/10.5594/J05547
Snippet:
<li>
H. E. Edgerton; <cite id="bib-10-5594-j05547">Stroboscopic and Slow-Motion Moving Pictures by Means of Intermittent Light</cite>, Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers ( Volume: 18, Issue: 3, March 1932); SMPTE, 1932
<span class="doi">10.5594/J05547</span>
</li>