Certain fancy cameras are allowing photographers at the Olympics to shoot more than a dozen frames per second.

Kim Soo-Myun of the South Korean gymnastics team

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Jonathan Horton of the U.S. gymnastics team

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Jordyn Wieber of the U.S. gymnastics team

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Philipp Boy of the German gymnastics team

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Bruna Kuroiwa Yamamoto Leal of the Brazilian gymnastics team

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Yusuke Tanaka of the Japanese gymnastics team

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Shin A-lam of Korea (left) competing against Britta Heidemann of Germany during the women's fencing semi-final

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China's Lei Sheng (left) competing against Italy's Andrea Baldini during the men's fencing semi-final

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Gymnast Jennifer Pinches of Great Britain

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Jonathan Horton of the U.S. gymnastics team

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There's some chitchat on the Internets today about how Reuters is using robotic cameras at the Olympics to "shoot pictures from unusual angles and make them available to our customers around the world in minutes."

Well that's interesting. What's also interesting is that these fancy cameras are allowing photographers to shoot more than a dozen frames per second — and they're automatically stitched together in-camera. (What this means for you: You can get a really good look at some really good facial contortions.)

Here are a few examples of the multiple exposures, featured first on My Modern Met. What do you think? What are the pros and cons of having robotic cameras in places where humans can't go?

(More offbeat Olympics photos on Photojojo.)

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