Science experiment #1: Film Canister Cannon

F1_Fan · 5th of January 2005 (Wed)

I've been a little unmotivated to shoot anything lately until a guy on dpreview posted a strobe shot of a breaking light bulb which inspired me to revisit my scientific background with the camera.

Harold Edgerton (http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/e.../edgerton.html) was the father of strobe-captured motion photography and a big inspiration to me. I remember being facinated by his work as a teenager. Lacking a gun to shoot an apple I have to turn to other items around the house.

I will be sharing more experiments as time permits.

Now the film canister cannon... Lysol + spark = (big) bang. My ears are still ringing from the first test shot. This was taken (with earplugs in place) in the dark with a sound-activated flash. Note the nice puff of smoke and the little fireball in the canister

Method:

sound trigger:
http://iceninephotography.smugmug.co...8380/1/9295811

cannon:
http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scito...o/thermo2.html

Equipment:

Canon 300D, ISO 200, f 6.3
Canon 50mm f/1.8 MkII USM with Kenko 12mm extension tube
Sigma 500 DG Super flash at 1/64 power with a sound trigger

Dimitry · 6th of January 2005 (Thu)

I like the smoke that appears at the bottom! Cool capture

6th of January 2005 (Thu)	#2
Dimitry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,038 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Science experiment #1: Film Canister Cannon I like the smoke that appears at the bottom! Cool capture __________________ Gear list My most favourite tool: my improving creativity!

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F1_Fan Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 120	Science experiment #1: Film Canister Cannon I've been a little unmotivated to shoot anything lately until a guy on dpreview posted a strobe shot of a breaking light bulb which inspired me to revisit my scientific background with the camera. Harold Edgerton (http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/e.../edgerton.html) was the father of strobe-captured motion photography and a big inspiration to me. I remember being facinated by his work as a teenager. Lacking a gun to shoot an apple I have to turn to other items around the house. I will be sharing more experiments as time permits. Now the film canister cannon... Lysol + spark = (big) bang. My ears are still ringing from the first test shot. This was taken (with earplugs in place) in the dark with a sound-activated flash. Note the nice puff of smoke and the little fireball in the canister Method: sound trigger: http://iceninephotography.smugmug.co...8380/1/9295811 cannon: http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scito...o/thermo2.html Equipment: Canon 300D, ISO 200, f 6.3 Canon 50mm f/1.8 MkII USM with Kenko 12mm extension tube Sigma 500 DG Super flash at 1/64 power with a sound trigger Last edited by F1_Fan : 5th of January 2005 (Wed) at 22:43.