eli5 : Is 1000 fps is always slow motion?

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Can you play a video in 1000fps at normal speed?
Or play a game at normal speed with this fps?

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1000fps refers to how many frames were captured in a second. It’s then played at a typical fps that we can actually watch and understand.

How fast we can display fps is limited by our hardware. How fast can the monitor show a new frame? How fast can these images be processed?

Typically if you’re recording that fast, it’s so you can watch something slowed down.

The human brain/eye only processes about 16fps (but because we aren’t perfectly synced with whatever video we’re watching, we can tell the difference). 120fps is about the max of what our brains need for it to be seamless without it becoming superfluous.

So yes, currently high speed cameras are used for slow motion because anything beyond 120fps is excessive for the average person.

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