Phantom v1610 can turn a second into hours
Slowing our everyday world to a crawl can reveal amazing details that you never see in your day-to-day existence.?Puppy showers,?mouse traps, and?even Jell-O can spring to life in a whole new way when viewed through a high-speed lens. In the world of slow motion video, camera manufacturer?Vision Research is a top name, and the company is flexing its recording muscle to the extreme with the new?Phantom v1610: a camera capable of recording at an astounding 1 million frames per second (FPS).
Slow motion cameras work by recording many times the number of images that a standard video camera is capable of in a given time frame. These frames are then played back at the same rate as a normal video, but because there are so many more than in a regular speed recording, the action is slowed. When recording for TV and movies, frame rates typically top out at around 30 FPS, while high-speed cameras can capture many hundreds, or even thousands of frames per second.
As the new Phantom v1610 was just unveiled, there are no example videos to showcase its capabilities quite yet. To help put its power into perspective, we can check out a clip shot with a different Phantom model. The video above was shot using a Phantom Flex, with the recording rate set at 2,564 FPS at 1280 x 1080 HD resolution. The v1610 is capable of recording 16,000 FPS at a slightly lower 1280 x 800 resolution ? that's over 6 times slower.
By lowering the resolution, the new Phantom's power can be used to slow down the action even further. And by dropping the resolution to a meager 128 x 16 ? which would only be good for extremely close shooting ? the v1610 can record at an astounding 1 million FPS. At that speed, a single second of real-time recording would take over 9?hours to watch at a standard 30 FPS viewing speed.
The new Phantom can boast such a remarkable statistic because of its record-breaking 16 gigapixels-per-second save rate, which has never been attainable by any camera before it. That type of massive image data requires an equally massive storage solution, and the camera's largest built-in memory option tops out at 96 GB, which the uber-cam can fill in a matter of seconds. Thankfully, an external storage solution can bump that up to a more accommodating 512 GB.
As you can imagine, with great power comes a great price tag, and you can expect to spend at least $100,000 on the v1610. Depending on options and accessories, your final bill would likely be considerably more. But if you've got the coin to spend, and you feel like recording a sneeze and playing it back for the next 18 hours, you can?request a quote online.
Vision Research via?PopSci
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