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Maw, I found this here dee vice out in the hog pen, Earl was a tryin' to eat it (Original Post) Fumesucker Mar 2016 OP
OMG! The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #1
Best video... Ever! Hugin Mar 2016 #2
It seemed to slow down there at the end, like it had a parachute or something? n/t djean111 Mar 2016 #3
Very interesting, huh? Hugin Mar 2016 #5
I think the camera's frame rate and the terminal roll rate matched at the end Fumesucker Mar 2016 #6
... Hugin Mar 2016 #8
Yep. The camera's physical roll rate as it fell and the frame rate synchronized (sort of). GoneFishin Mar 2016 #9
That vertical hold did squat for wagon wheels rolling backwards on my all my childhood TV westerns Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #17
The pig has to lick, snikk and chew to because it gets Jim Beard Mar 2016 #16
That IS the best video ever. Octafish Mar 2016 #4
Needs a vertigo disclaimer.... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #7
The pig tried to eat it! Rex Mar 2016 #10
That pig was really Johnny-on-the-spot, wasn't he? pnwmom Mar 2016 #11
That Earl! What a ham; always trying to hog the show!!! nt kristopher Mar 2016 #12
That pig awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #13
I guess you could say he went hog wild... Fumesucker Mar 2016 #20
Cracked me up - but then I'm 840high Mar 2016 #14
That's a riot! mountain grammy Mar 2016 #15
now that was funny smiley Mar 2016 #18
Crazy funny.... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #19

Hugin

(33,120 posts)
5. Very interesting, huh?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:17 PM
Mar 2016

I have several technical questions about what was going on while it fell.

I wonder if it had the auto-focus enabled and that's why there was the flicker? At the end of the fall it had probably reached it's terminal velocity and established an equilibrium that was near something the camera's electronics could handle.

But, what was going through the pig's mind? My guess is, "Lunch."

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
6. I think the camera's frame rate and the terminal roll rate matched at the end
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:22 PM
Mar 2016

I grew up with TV's that did that shit if you didn't get the vertical frequency right.

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)
9. Yep. The camera's physical roll rate as it fell and the frame rate synchronized (sort of).
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:07 PM
Mar 2016

One was probably an approximate multiple of the other.

You don't get to look into a pig's mouth like that very often.

pnwmom

(108,976 posts)
11. That pig was really Johnny-on-the-spot, wasn't he?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:18 PM
Mar 2016

Thanks for the laugh, Fumesucker! I needed that.

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