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Sony RX10 II and RX100 IV ready for Pre-order!

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The recently announced Sony RX10 II and RX100 IV have just been released for Pre-Order.

In some recently released information by early hands on previews of the cameras it was revealed that the fast memory buffers attached to the backs of the sensor block only allow for 2 seconds or 4 seconds recording at the highest frame rates aswell as the lowest frame rates of the HFR modes  i.e. 960fps to 240fps ; depending on the HFR mode chosen for quality or recording time you get 2 seconds or four seconds capped recording time. See this hands on link for more info. Thanks to our reader Slowmosage for pointing this out. → Continue Reading Full Post ←

Sony FS700 Price Drops to $4,999 USD!

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The Sony FS700 has been reduced in price several times this year and now commands an under $5k price for the body only package.  When the camera was released it commanded a $7,999 USD price tag for the same kit with $8,499 USD for the basic 18-200mm kit. Nowadays you can get some used FS700 bodies for just over 4k.

The FS700 remains in the #2 spot of our HSC Camera guide for slow motion cameras on a budget. The deal just got better with these price cuts. → Continue Reading Full Post ←

Lambert Introduces HS540M & HS540S High Speed Cameras!

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Lambert Instruments of the Netherlands has introduced a small and compact but powerful duo of high speed cameras with a monochrome sensor. The main difference in both models is that one – HS540S –is designed for streaming data continuously to a computer terminal for high end production lines and the other – HS540M – is for research settings that do not require full continuous recording by streaming monitoring. A variety of mounts supported Nikon F-mount, C-mount, M42-mount, custom choice.

Camera Info Below:

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The Lambert HS540M is a high-speed camera for research applications. It has up to 16 GB of internal storage and is ideal for scientific research and industrial R&D. After recording your data, you can review the results in our software and trim the high-speed video before exporting it to your computer. → Continue Reading Full Post ←

Sony RX10 II & RX100 IV Offer True HD Slowmo!

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In what may be the most important announcement of 2015 for affordable slow motion video; Sony has unveiled the DSC  RX10II (DSC-RX10M2) which is the DSLR like long zoom pro-sumer camera  direct replacement of the RX10 and the DSC RX100 IV (DSC-RX100M4) a 3x zoom compact camera a replacement of the RX100 III of last year. The kicker here is the amazingly featured super slow motion mode offering 120fps, 240fps, 480fps all the way up to 960fps with a pre trigger function and using the XAVC S Codec in a 1080p frame.

Sony RX10 II Specs:
  • 1.0-type (13.2mm x 8.8mm) Exmor RS CMOS sensor
  • 20.2 megapixels
  • F2.8 constant Aperture
  • focal length = 8.8-73.3 mm  8.3x Optical
  • Variable crop factor depending on frame selected.
  • Electronic shutter at up to 1/32000
  • Mechanical Shutter at  F2.8 is 1/1600
  • 4k XAVC S at 30p, 25p and 24p
  • Regular full HD up to 120fps no HFR Mode.
  • MSRP $1,299.00 USD

Slow Motion High Frame Rate Mode HFR: → Continue Reading Full Post ←

LG G4 Best Phone Camera But Simple Slowmo!

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At first glance the LG G4 Android smart phone with it’s RAW image capture and completely manual camera might seem like the best ever camera phone to date and it is in many respects but; when it comes to slow motion it is barely mentioned in the specs. It does have a slow motion mode but after looking at samples it is far away from an iPhone 6 in quality and even below the Galaxy S6 which disappointed.

  • 16 Megapixels
  • Aperture f/1.8
  • Sensor size 1/2.6
  • Image stabilization
  • Auto focus type: Laser
  • 4k UHD 30p Video
  • 1080p 60fps – 120fps 720p*
  • Flash Single LED
  • RAW+JPG capture
  • HDR And full manual aperture and shutter
  • Full Manual White Balance
  • 5.5″ 1440 x 2560 pixel Display

The 120fps mode is limited to 720p HD resolution which is now standard on most high end to midrange phones.  The quality is not even 720p in closer inspection it is more like 960*540px or lower scaled up showing all sorts of artifacts from heavy pixelation, aliasing & moire. → Continue Reading Full Post ←

Sharp Aquos Phones Promise 2100fps!

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Out of left field the latest Sharp Aquos Zeta SH-03G, Aquos Xx and Aquos Serie SHV32 – 2015 model smart phones based on Android; claim to deliver up to 2100fps high speed video at 854 x 480 pixels or 1200 fps in full HD 1080p mode. As to those claims as anything that sounds too good to be true it regularly is. These phones are no different to these superlative claims.

The Phones actually do shoot high speed video but not anywhere close to the claimed extremely high frame rates.  The most they do is 210fps at 854*480 pixels and at full 1080p a frame rate of 120fps which is quite good for a smartphone. → Continue Reading Full Post ←