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This takes time, up to 7 minutes for a full memory save on the 16GB HD Gold, restricted by the Gigabit Ethernet cable through which it is downloaded. Each shot must be saved, usually to a hard disk, using a control computer. The data in this memory buffer is ‘volatile’: if the camera power is interrupted, the data is lost. High speed digital cameras have extremely fast internal memory for capturing large amounts of image data very quickly, (32GB fills in just over 5 seconds on a Photron BC2 shooting HD at 2000fps). However, it is unlikely that the difference in quality is noticeable in most productions. Not surprisingly, in the three years we have been operating HD Golds, few clients have elected to record 10 bit HD-SDI with everybody else taking data for higher quality. Whilst this might seem like a good idea for titles or commercials too, recording in 10 bit (on a Sony SR deck, say) immediately drops information from the original images and therefore doesn’t do justice to the high quality images the cameras produce. The BC2 is most suited to the OB workflow, having EVS XT2 integration. However, some outside broadcast and drama productions simply record the HD-SDI playback. Save Data or Record Video?Īll digital cameras have the same basic workflow: shoot video data into camera memory, immediately playback via HD-SDI, mark an ‘in’ and an ‘out’, save the data from the camera to external data storage, which is later transcoded for postproduction. At Pirate we compared our two Phantom HD Golds (we were the first to have them in the UK) and our Photron BC2 (also the first), with a new Phantom Flex.Īt first glance, on reading the headline grabbing figures of 2570fps and 1000 ASA for the Flex, and its higher rental cost, one might assume it is the best – it is the newest after all and it is natural to assume new technology is best technology. They are Photron’s Fastcam BC2 and the newer camera from Vision Research, the Phantom Flex. And imagine shooting 3D high speed on film.Īlthough the Phantom HD Gold is good, there are two other alternatives for hire in the UK which are better or worse depending on the project. The 9 stops of latitude (dynamic range) of the current high speed cameras is considerably worse than film and highlights do have more detail on film, but never mind the quality feel the width. This is largely due to the huge reduction in costs and ease of use finally winning over the ‘film looks better – more latitude/detailed highlights’ argument. Their Phantom HD Gold has finally moved high speed cinematography away from film for most projects. And quite rightly so: the manufacturer, Vision Research, won an Emmy recently. When the camera first appeared some 3 years ago, producers would ask to hire a “Photosonics camera”, meaning a digital high speed camera.
“Phantom” has become the generic term for ‘high speed camera’.
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pdf file, please click here.Ĭhoosing the right high speed camera to hire for your next slomo project by Michael Ganss, Pirate
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The following is from an article we had published under the title 'slomo camera test' in the January 2011 edition (issue 45) of HD Magazine, a UK publication covering all matters concerning the professional High Definition video world. Some high quality examples of high speed shots can be found on the Vision Research site. And if you'd like a technical discussion about the pros and cons of film vs digital, read this.
If you're thinking of ideas for shots, a great resource on the web belongs to David G. Photo-Sonics Actionmaster-200 - an ultra compact pin-registered standard 16mm film camera shooting at 24 - 200 fps.
Photo-Sonics Actionmaster-500 - a pin-registered standard 16mm film camera shooting at 10 - 500 fps. Photec S16mm camera - a rotating-prism super 16mm film camera shooting from 100 - 3,000 fps. Motion Scope 500 - a digital black & white analysis shooting at 125, 250 or 500fps giving NTSC composite output. NAC C3 - an analogue colour analysis camera also shooting at 125, 250 or 500fps onto S-VHS tape.
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Photron Fastcam SA1.1 Rental - a Standard Definition camera working at a staggering 9,700 fps at 16:9 Standard Definition TV (1024 x 576 pixels). Photron Fastcam BC2 Camera Rental - a superb HD colour camera giving film-like images at 2,000 fps at 1920 x 1080 and 5,000fps at Standard Definition 16:9. Phantom HD GOLD Camera Hire - True Hi-Definition footage (1080i or 1080p) at up to 1000fps and 2k footage (2048 x 2048 pixels) at up to 550fps. Pirate own and operate several specialist high speed 16mm and S16mm film cameras as well as four different high speed video cameras, covering a wide range of budgets, qualities and speed ranges.