beautiful

*wipes away tear*

well done. the horizontal limitations seem to make the accuracy of shots somewhat of a nuisance when you're working with a limited amount of space (is it as narrow in the preview/viewfinder as it is when it comes out?)

I'd like to say that these slo-mo videos are getting old, and that a Casio camera is getting way too much hype, but yeah, there is no denying the awesomeness that is contained in each of these videos.

Not to mention how amazing Robert's timing at such slow speeds is to coinciding with the 1812 overture.

Bravo.

It's a shame he led off with the amazing failed water balloon pop, nothing else really stood up to that standard.

My incredible timing is due to years of studying the obscure martial art, Dien Bien Fu. Roughly translated, this is "the art of being incredibly lucky"

I agree, the failed pops are quite interesting, the vibrational modes are entirely unexpected.

The viewfinder does show you what you are going to get, but the problem is dropping the balloons on the proper mark from the top of a ladder; you'll note in some of the shots there's a small pebble I was using as an aiming point.

I have those same plates!

Umm... Either someone's pitching all that shit at like 120mph or those are all VERY low frame rates. I was far more impressed by the earlier Casio video posts. I love slow mo stuff as much as the next guy, but if you're gonna do it, get it right. That video was like a bad flip book. I WAS formerly interested in picking one of those cameras up. My desire was instantly dampened by that video.

It'd be cool if we could see in slow-motion for a day, or an altered perception. Oh wait, drugs. Right.

@Hiphopopotamus: Well if you ever drop them, yell in slow-mo voice: "noooooooooo"

Im not sure but is this the same music that V in V for Vendetta played while he blew up Parliament?

If so both uses are badasss

So Much better then when we were little and sleep deprived. We decided to use the 3 person water balloon slingshot, to hurl golf balls straight up into the air. It was very cool to watch them land, or better yet hit the road and bounce. But it was really bad when you lost sight of them... Thankfully none of us were hurt.

ENTROPY ROCKS

reminds m slightly of the bravia ad (paint). But this video is lush!

Definitely need a contest for the best slow-mo-on-gizmodo. go blow joe.

OK... no rhymes.

Considering the wide array of things this gentleman has brought us in slow mo I can't imaging that there's much left in his apartment at this point.

Someone's gonna have to take that camera away before he records it's own demise being dropped onto a mirror or something.

In all seriousness these videos have been great! Cool camera!

That first failed balloon pop would be fun to try and reproduce with hand-drawn animation.

That is undoubtedly the coolest thing I will see all day. Perefectly timed to masterpiece music too. Rock on slow mo.

@hatboysam: The problem with culture is that each generation thinks they've discovered something new. Which public school did you attend? You did not know that the 1812 Overture was the music in that dreadful V for Vendetta movie? It's so sad...

I thought that was the music from CaddyShack!

(applause)

@strider_mt2k: First of all, I have a house, not an apartment. And second, the total cost of all the props in all 3 videos was under $20. A few eggs, some mentos and coke, and some plates from Dollar General.

As for recording the camera getting destroyed, I may be crazy but I'm not stupid (though my wife may disagree). However, I am now looking at all the junk in our house that would normally be yardsaled and asking myself "How would that look if I sledgehammer'd it?"

@MadOverlord: Hey, you have to make sacrifices for the good of Gizmodo entertainment.

@MadOverlord: Psst. You don't need that toaster. Think you could hit a mark from two stories?

If you're going to waste a bunch of plates, why not get rid of that tarp so the video doesn't look like shit.

All those in favor of replacing the tarp with @cmsjustin: and @MrSophistication: please signify by saying "aye."

[Everybody's a critic....]

@cmsjustin: The reason for the tarp is very simple. I am married, and want to continue to be married for some time. More specifically, I want to continue breathing for the foreseeable future.

It was made abundantly clear to me by SWMBO that making a huge mess smashing crockery all over the driveway would radically decrease my life expectancy. Thus, the tarp.

Wow .. as soon as I saw the name Robert Woodhead, the first thought that popped into my head was "Wizardry?" .. then with his website www.madoverlord.com I knew it was the same guy.

It makes me feel old, but way back in 1980ish I spent way too much time playing that game .. and then I went to Apple Fest a few years later and got a sequel autographed by him and the co-author. Legacy of .. umm .. something .. it was called.

I still always list Wizardry:Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord in my top 5 games of all time :)

imagine a slow mo party where a bunch of people bring their cameras to a certain test area and position them perfectly in order to make a stitching of the video, hi def slo mo... who could argue with that?