Phantom Flex: 2,564fps slow-mo

[Homerboy]

http://vimeo.com/19819283

Awesome
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/phantom-flex-camera-slows-down-time-drops-jaws-with-incredible/

 

[xSauronx]

want.

 

[ViviTheMage]

damn, that is cool as hell.

 

[chorb]

wow expensive camera...

Phantom camera line from $50,000 to $150,000 depending on specific model and features.

 

[Homerboy]

All I know is Fox/CBS/ESPN/NFL Network better get these in place before kickoff 2011.

 

[SunnyD]

Okay, the dude spooging out his mouth was gross.

 

[trmiv]

Could have done without the spit part, but other than that it was awesome.

 

[Patterner]

He got out the lotion....at least I hope it was the lotion...D:

 

[silverpig]

2,560 fps * 1920x1080 pixels/frame * (however many bits/pixel) = Lots of bits/second

 

[thegimp03]

Impressive. I wouldn't mind having that toy. He should have taken it down on to the strip and recorded walking around. Would be in the babe thread for sure.

 

[BoomerD]

WAY cool...Of course, much of the effect is through the editing of the footage...but still...

 

[The Boston Dangler]

could have used less sound effects

 

[BeauJangles]

could have used less sound effects

Agreed, the sound effects sucked. His editing was pretty good though.

 

[Fenixgoon]

we're going to be getting high-speed cameras at work (up to 1,000,000 fps )

 

[XZeroII]

we're going to be getting high-speed cameras at work (up to 1,000,000 fps )

We're getting 1,000,000,000 fps cameras at work!

 

[Adul]

damn how I would love to play with this.

 

[Lifted]

2,560 fps * 1920x1080 pixels/frame * (however many bits/pixel) = Lots of bits/second

WTF, worked out to 20GB/s by my calcs. Can anyone confirm? I'm drinking the best single malt ever right now, so I might be off by a few decimal places.

 

[ElFenix]

WTF, worked out to 20GB/s by my calcs. Can anyone confirm? I'm drinking the best single malt ever right now, so I might be off by a few decimal places.

7.5 assuming 12 bits per pixel. pixels are R or G or B, so only need 12. could be 14. that's still a huge data stream. that's the data stream coming off the sensor. it then has to be demosaiced and compressed.

 

[Lifted]

7.5 assuming 12 bits per pixel. pixels are R or G or B, so only need 12. could be 14. that's still a huge data stream. that's the data stream coming off the sensor. it then has to be demosaiced and compressed.

I always assumed modern cameras used 24 (possibly 32) bits per pixel. Where do you get 12 from? I assumed 8 bits each for red, green, and blue, then in the above calcs threw in another 8 since they may be using cmyk color spectrum for a fancy camera like that.

 

[RockinZ28]

Pretty cool. Now where's the porn footage?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

we're going to be getting high-speed cameras at work (up to 1,000,000 fps )

Hasn't anyone told you 256 x 8 x 1,000,000 fps sucks...

 

[PlasmaBomb]

WTF, worked out to 20GB/s by my calcs. Can anyone confirm? I'm drinking the best single malt ever right now, so I might be off by a few decimal places.

WTF, worked out to 20GB/s by my calcs. Can anyone confirm? I'm drinking the best single malt ever right now, so I might be off by a few decimal places.

7.5 assuming 12 bits per pixel. pixels are R or G or B, so only need 12. could be 14. that's still a huge data stream. that's the data stream coming off the sensor. it then has to be demosaiced and compressed.

I always assumed modern cameras used 24 (possibly 32) bits per pixel. Where do you get 12 from? I assumed 8 bits each for red, green, and blue, then in the above calcs threw in another 8 since they may be using cmyk color spectrum for a fancy camera like that.

The spec puts the throughput at 6Gpixels/s and 12-bit pixel depth...

Record time on 32 GB of internal memory is 10.3 seconds Standard mode, or 5.1 seconds in HQ mode

http://www.visionresearch.com/Products/High-Speed-Cameras/Phantom-Flex/

http://www.abelcine.com/store/Phantom-Flex-High-Speed-Digital-Camera/