View Full Version : Hmm...looks like someone else is making DSLR-like video cameras too
David Wyatt
08-14-2009, 04:51 AM
From the people who brought you the Phantom camera:
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/phantom_miro_ex_digital_high-speed_cameras/
Roberto Lequeux
08-14-2009, 05:28 AM
Not very useful at 800 x 600 resolution. I don't get it. Is there a higher resolution version in the same form factor?
sander kamp
08-14-2009, 05:41 AM
I asked for a quote on the EX4. Think Epic X territory. As Jim said: real frame rates costs real money....
Noah Kadner
08-14-2009, 06:01 AM
800x600 gives you more than SD resolution which is fine for many industrial, medical and corporate needs. That's been Vision Research's bread and butter for decades. For example space shuttle launches, military tests, etc.
Noah
DCC Erickson
08-14-2009, 06:28 AM
What happens when you push the little green button?
Yousuf Abbasi
08-14-2009, 06:37 AM
http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=33399
Mitch Gross
08-14-2009, 07:39 AM
The Miro cameras have been with us at Abel for a few years. We have the Miro4 available for rent with Nikon ZF lenses. I've seen some amazing Miro footage from Ford Motors' crash test facility. They bolt these cameras onto the car and then slam it into a steel wall! The lens is an expendable but the camera keeps running. I also saw one that mounted to a solid rocket booster for the space shuttle 9with a special High-G lens from our friends at UniqOptics). Way cool.
Our rental model has a touch screen LCD panel on the back and can shoot up to 1265fps at full resolution. It's a lot of fun.
Wesley Scoggins
08-14-2009, 07:41 AM
What happens when you push the little green button?
Oh, the green button there kid, don't ever, ever touch the green button!
Gavin Greenwalt
08-14-2009, 09:35 AM
I'm curious what application the 32x16 pixel resolution would be good for. 100,000 fps avatars!
Roberto Lequeux
08-14-2009, 01:42 PM
Does it say what the size of the sensor might be? Mitch? I'd be curious to find out to get an idea of FOV.
800x600 gives you more than SD resolution which is fine for many industrial, medical and corporate needs. That's been Vision Research's bread and butter for decades. For example space shuttle launches, military tests, etc.
Noah
Of course. I am suck inside my own head right now. Thanks for the quick perspective. :dupe:
The Miro cameras have been with us at Abel for a few years. We have the Miro4 available for rent with Nikon ZF lenses. I've seen some amazing Miro footage from Ford Motors' crash test facility. They bolt these cameras onto the car and then slam it into a steel wall! The lens is an expendable but the camera keeps running. I also saw one that mounted to a solid rocket booster for the space shuttle 9with a special High-G lens from our friends at UniqOptics). Way cool.
Our rental model has a touch screen LCD panel on the back and can shoot up to 1265fps at full resolution. It's a lot of fun.
I would LOOOVE to see those.
I am more concerned with high resolution high dynamic range but that helps me get an idea of the limitless fun one could have with one of these puppies.
A Phantom can always sub in for higher resolution stuff anyway I suppose.
Mitch Gross
08-14-2009, 02:15 PM
At 32x16 the camera is essentially an on/off switch. This is used for industrial purposes such as high speed production lines to test for defects. There are versions of these cameras that do not record anything to memory but instead push all that data through in realtime through fiber channels and the like.
The photosites are 22 micron squares, so 800x600 would mean 17.6mm x 13.2mm. I think that's vaguely around the size of the RED One in 3K.