Slow motion and time measurement

Hi I have a problem and im wondering can someone here help me with it. Im trying to measure time in my .mov file. I wish to slow down the movie and measure time in the movie. Is there anyway of doing this. Im hoping to measure it quite accurately

Hi -
The short answer is yes, this is possible by using iMovie, Final Cut Express or Final Cut Pro to slow the movie down.
The problem is the precision of the time intervals displayed will be based on the original frame rate of the video - slowing the video down does not add temporal resolution, on the other hand, it demonstrates the relatively low temporal resolution of video at nominal rates of 30 fps - effectively 30 samples per second.
The only method you have of counting time between the start point of the action and the end point of the action is to count the frames that occur between those two points and divide them by the frame rate used to shoot the video. This might be easier to do with the movie running in slow motion, but it will not increase the accuracy - you just see the frames go by, each frame individually held for display in longer intervals.
There are high-speed cameras that shoot at 1000 fps available for rental which when you slowed down will allow you much greater precision in seeing action unfold in slow motion - but the rental charges can be staggering:
http://www.visionresearch.com/Products/High-Speed-Cameras/Phantom-HDGOLD/
Hope this helps.
MtD
Message was edited by: Meg The Dog to fix typo

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