The "Fastcam" had another issue: Light. To shoot at 10,000 frames per second, the shutter is opening and closing so fast that barely any photons can enter the sensor. To get a usable image, they had to blast the bird with so many high-powered HMI lights that the temperature in the studio rose by 15 degrees. The bird was sweating; the camera operator was sweating.
Elias stood up. "Who is controlling this?" he shouted into the empty warehouse. "Disconnect the network!" fastcam 8