Slo-Mo on the Google Pixel 3 is a Game Changer!

The slow-motion video on the Google Pixel 3 is simply incredible!

Here’s a quick sample I shot on the spur of the moment as I watched US National Table Tennis Team member Adar Alguetti (ranked about 2600) fool an opponent with his serve and easily win the point. The slow-motion video reveals everything, including the deception* on the serve:

This is a hand-held clip taken in poor florescent lighting, so it represents results that are easy to obtain in the real world.

By contrast, the full-speed clip barely shows anything:

(The full-speed clip is a sped-up version of the slow motion one, so it doesn’t represent the full video quality of the Google phone.)


Notes:
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In particular, notice how Adar hits the ball relatively square on. Then after he’s hit the ball, he moves his paddle flat, creating the impression that he actually hit the ball with a flat paddle. That kind of hit would create backspin. So his opponent in this case thinks there’s backspin on the ball and tries to lift the ball so it will go over the net. But there’s not a lot of backspin, so his opponent hits the ball too high, giving Adar an easy winning return.


About J.M. Hoffman

A prolific writer and avid photographer, J.M. Hoffman picked up his first camera when he was eight years old. And even though he abhors a cliche, he never looked back. Acclaimed as a "master raconteur" who writes with a "flair" (Times Literary Supplement of London), Hoffman authored two non-fiction books and contributed to over a dozen others before writing The Warwick Files. He continues to write fiction and non-fiction. In addition to writing and traveling the world lecturing about his books, Hoffman has also directed a dance troupe, taught darkroom technique, and explored Patagonia on horseback. From time to time he can be seen playing table tennis poorly at the WTCC. He lives just north of New York City.

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