Process and apparatus for taking slow motion picture, and process and apparatus for taking and playing slow motion picture

A process for taking a slow motion picture is disclosed which comprises: setting a plurality of cameras each having a shutter so that each of them can take an image with a similar view; and continuously taking fields of a subject by said a plurality camera in a timely staggered manner. In this process, timing of opening the shutter of each camera is staggered so that each camera takes a picture timely staggered, and a time for opening the shutter of each cameras is set to be a shorter than one field time of said each camera. Also, disclosed is an apparatus for taking a slow motion picture, which comprises: a plurality of cameras each having a shutter, arranged so that each of them can take an image with a similar view; means for setting the opening time of the shutter, which sets the timing for opening the shutter of each camera to be staggered so that each camera takes a picture timely staggered, and which makes the picture taken by each camera shorter than one field time of said each camera; and a recorder which records the pictures taken by each camera.