Before i say what im about to say i would like to apologise to those who may be unfairly offended. I know there is alot of genuine creativity out there, and im already bracing myself for a flood of comments along the lines of 'you just cant figure it out', but i feel that this is still a valid point and is worth making. so here goes:
After watching countless videos of coin vanishes and coin changes on youtube i have begone to feel suspicious about the methodology involved. It is quite possible to simply drop a coin out of frame as the hands come together, creating what often looks like an amazing new vanish. Or to hold two coins as one and drop the front one to create a perfect coin change, which the slow frame rate of a web cam does not show.
Try this for yourselves and you'll see what i mean, hold a coin at right finger tips, wave the left fingers infront as you drop the coin, and watch the video back, you will see what looks like a perfect coin vanish, but is infact just a simple camera trick.
I was seriously tempted to post examples of what i thought where among the most supicious videos i have seen, but im sure that would only lead to their creators coming here to say that they didn't cheat, and it was infact an amazing new sleight.
I know this may make me unpopular, but i thought it was worth the risk to see if anyone agrees with me.
peace
Atomo
After watching countless videos of coin vanishes and coin changes on youtube i have begone to feel suspicious about the methodology involved. It is quite possible to simply drop a coin out of frame as the hands come together, creating what often looks like an amazing new vanish. Or to hold two coins as one and drop the front one to create a perfect coin change, which the slow frame rate of a web cam does not show.
Try this for yourselves and you'll see what i mean, hold a coin at right finger tips, wave the left fingers infront as you drop the coin, and watch the video back, you will see what looks like a perfect coin vanish, but is infact just a simple camera trick.
I was seriously tempted to post examples of what i thought where among the most supicious videos i have seen, but im sure that would only lead to their creators coming here to say that they didn't cheat, and it was infact an amazing new sleight.
I know this may make me unpopular, but i thought it was worth the risk to see if anyone agrees with me.
peace
Atomo
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