Bullet cam... April fool's or not?
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Well, I did a search for bullet cam before posting. I guess it wasn't thorough enough.
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Who cares about bullet cameras?
What I want is an in-cartridge pressure transducer that will send chamber pressure readings to a smartphone. Drop one in when you load a cartridge and then get maximum pressure readings sent to your phone when you shoot it. I'd pay serious money to know chamber pressure without having to try and "read the tea leaves" of case head deformation and primer crushing.
What I want is an in-cartridge pressure transducer that will send chamber pressure readings to a smartphone. Drop one in when you load a cartridge and then get maximum pressure readings sent to your phone when you shoot it. I'd pay serious money to know chamber pressure without having to try and "read the tea leaves" of case head deformation and primer crushing.
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You worry that I had to ask? So , in your opinion this is impossible? It's kind of like having a Dick Tracy wrist communication device. You know.... They do make those now.
Not that it will never happen but it is very unlikely in the near future for a few reasons. One, the bullet travels so fast you would need a camera capable of several thousand frames per second to make the video useable. Currently there is no camera even close to bullet tip sized that is capable of that. Two, and probably the biggest problem is the bullet is spinning very very very fast. An image spinning that fast is going to be pointless so you would need to develop some image stabilization device that could somehow keep the center of the camera from spinning like that. Maybe you could make the phone software flip all of the frames so they were right but that would be another big challenge in making an app that smart. The third big problem is getting the video feed back to the phone. While the size the camera needs to be is already not currently feasible, but you would also need to get some sort of video feed capable of sending the video several hundred yards in the field at an incredibly fast rate. Because the camera will be destroyed on impact that means the camera has to transmit super high frame rate video (aka big file) at the instant (down to like the millisecond) that it is recorded several hundred yards. I don't think this technology currently exists let alone exists in something small enough to fit on the tip of a bullet.
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Proof of a negative is hard. How can we prove it doesn't exist? Let's try this: I can't order one from any ammo reseller.
How about this: there currently isn't a camera/cellular transmitter/battery combo on the market whose individual components could do what is shown in the video. If someone had made a transmitter/battery combo small enough to fit in a 30 caliber bullet we would be seeing it used in a bunch of other applications too--like a flushable "turd cam" to diagnose plumbing problems. The fact we don't see such things is a powerful argument the ad is a fake.
They actually do have a camera you can swallow to diagnose stomach issues, but it doesn't have to transmit the signal 1000 yards.
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I suppose no one has gave the original thread on this topic a look. Link to the first post by mistwolf.
I initially thought that I had a topic that had not been touched on. Since I did a search on " bullet cam" an found nothing, I figured some might like to ponder on the idea.
I found out by mistwolf, that he'd already made a post on the topic. I decided to abandon this thread.
Where mistwolf had made a link to his post I commented, and it was the first comment to mention that the stability of the video didn't accurately depict the view from the tip of the projectile.
Thankfully you didn't, as two other already have, insult the thought process of a fellow member.
I was merely stating that the product could be possible from the prospective of a "devil's advocate". Of course, after the 'subtle' onset of crass remarks.
I appreciate the turd cam idea. It makes for an illustrated visual and is rather hilarious.
I initially thought that I had a topic that had not been touched on. Since I did a search on " bullet cam" an found nothing, I figured some might like to ponder on the idea.
I found out by mistwolf, that he'd already made a post on the topic. I decided to abandon this thread.
Where mistwolf had made a link to his post I commented, and it was the first comment to mention that the stability of the video didn't accurately depict the view from the tip of the projectile.
Thankfully you didn't, as two other already have, insult the thought process of a fellow member.
I was merely stating that the product could be possible from the prospective of a "devil's advocate". Of course, after the 'subtle' onset of crass remarks.
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It's a joke. Moving on. The guy narrating it looked like he had to fight back a smile the entire time.
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