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The claim that nobody could discern more than 24 fps is an odd one (and not one I've ever heard), since it's been generally known that's not true even back befo
by stephen_g 3y ago
The claim that nobody could discern more than 24 fps is an odd one (and not one I've ever heard), since it's been generally known that's not true even back before 24 fps was chosen as a standard. Originally some (including Edison) wanted to standardise on higher frame rates for better motion. 24fps was basically compromise to balance against the amount of film used, being fairly close to the minimum speed that was considered satisfactory for motion.
Even then, a two bladed shutter was used to flash the image on the screen twice for each frame, and more modern projectors used a three-bladed shutter to reduce flicker.
- Izkata 3y ago> being fairly close to the minimum speed that was considered satisfactory for motion. Basically that: It's a repeated and extremely common misunderstanding of the actual claim, that 24fps is right about the threshold between interpreting a series of images as motion instead of a series of images. A lot of people assume that once you see it as motion, there's nothing more that can be gained.
- marcosdumay 3y agoFake knowledge was the most common thing circulating among people back then. People mostly couldn't verify anything.
- RecycledEle 3y ago> People mostly couldn't verify anything. May I inquire: How do we verify things today that we did not back then?
- marcosdumay 3y agoThe literature is all there on the internet. If you want to repeat the experiments, the instructions are all there on the internet. If you want to look at the theory from what the fact was derived, it's there on the internet. Approximately nobody had access to anything before it.