Yes, for the &quot;propeller stopping&quot; part, but they also mention &quot;playing with the cool effects&quot;, and since mobile phones almost universally have rolling shutters, it&#x27;s likely they did see it.<p>While in the video you linked it&#x27;s very clear that it&#x27;s a non-rolling shutter, which makes sense since most consumer-level cameras with video and that level of zoom use CCD sensors with electronic shutters, whether it&#x27;s a camcorder or a &quot; superzoom&quot; camera.<p>Edit: since helicopter rotors turn much slower than propellers, you get a less cool effect of just bending the blades like in this picture: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;phTJtCd.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;phTJtCd.jpg</a>