What A Camera!

Posted on 08 May 2009 by


Here’s a gadget that will compete with the $7000 Vertu Phone.  This $100,000 camera shoots video at 1000fps and 1280 x 1024 pixels to produce Super Slow Motion HD footage. The clip below was shot using this camera in a Rudi Diesel designed and built underwater housing.

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The full camera specs are:

light sensitivity 1000 ASA/ISO at 0 db (max. 5000 ASA/ISO)
frame rate up to 200.000 frames per second (fps)
10bit colour
resolution 1280 x 1024 pixels up to 1000fps
4GB onboard memory
fast download via fibre channel
robust system
long distance remote operation

The BBC Natural History Unit have used this camera to produce  a documentary series called South Pacific from which the clip was taken. I’m starting to save for one now and my grandchildren should be able to buy one.

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Philip is an IT Professional with 20 years of experience. A fan of Bill Gates and most of the output from Microsoft. Having first entered the world of the Smartphone about 5 years ago with an Orange SPV 500 Philip has been hooked. An avid fan of Windows Mobile he is still loyal to HTC. He gadget and 'how does do that' obsession go back to childhood and to the times when toys would be dissembled to investigate how in fact they worked much to the annoyance of his parents as they could most often not be reassembled. Now I can reassemble

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