What does a D3 shutter look like

[Steen]

On YouTube you can see what a Nikon D3 mirror / shutter and aperture blades action looks like at 11 files per second when captured in slow motion video.

I snapped a few shots of the shutter (during one action) from the video. Here they are:

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[robmac]

Neat - ya have to love that mirror bounce..

 

[GrahamWelland]

Kind of amazing that the thing lasts for 200,000+ shutter operations really. Interesting to see the shock wave pass up the shutter assembly too.
:bugeyes:

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

I didn't know that the sound of the shutter is actually French chansons played at an incredible speed

 

[Corlan F.]

Kind of amazing that the thing lasts for 200,000+ shutter operations really. Interesting to see the shock wave pass up the shutter assembly too.
:bugeyes:

OTOH when you see a high fps video of the chaos engendered at the organs and muscles level of a human body by a moderate sneeze... or simply taking the subway... you wonder how one can possibly survive a one station ride.

Not even talking about the insides of a pneumatic drill operator in action

The technological age definitely gives us sometimes a perception larger than life.

Interesting video nevertheless