Casio's new 1,000fps compact shooter, the EX-FH100, gets slow-mo review
By Tim Stevens 
posted May 12th 2010 10:47AM
posted May 12th 2010 10:47AM
posted May 12th 2010 10:47AM
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It's funny how they don't specify the resolution for 1000fps, even on the official website, even in tech specs:
http://exilim.casio.com/products_exfc100.shtml
@olegkikinhotmailcom
Yes, they do. From the first paragraph on the page:
"It can take an amazing high-speed 30 frames per-second burst rate and record slow motion videos at 1000 frames per second"
What they don't specify is the resolution at that frame rate though. I'm not expecting 720p, of course, it's more likely to be 640x480
@olegkikinhotmailcom It was 224 x 64 on last year's model, and I presume the same here. There's a sample vid. Toward the bottom of the review here:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/19/engadget-labs-the-best-point-and-shoot-camera-for-under-400
@whiskers
Never mind, I read your "resolution for 1000fps" as "resolution OF 1000fps" and even wondered why you used "resolution" and "fps" together.
Need moar coffee.
@TimStevens
Yeeeeaa, 1000fps on a P&S is impressive, but I must say, I wasn't expecting much from the resolution... those vids are just OK.
@whiskers Borderline useless. It's a fun novelty, but the quality is so low you can't do much with the footage.
@olegkikinhotmailcom
"Four different frame rates are available - 210fps, 420fps, 1000fps, and 30-210fps (you can switch speeds whilst recording) - which are recorded at 480x360 pixels, 224x168 pixels, 224x64 pixels and 480x360 pixels respectively."
@TimStevens actually it should be bigger, I know that the 210 on this one is supposed to shoot @ 640x480 which is double what the fc-100 does (which I have) so there should be a jump in resolution to this model, I am holding off though on an upgrade till we get a slo-mo tough model
must see sample vid
But can you now use the optical zoom when recording video, as Casio hide the fact that most of that the sound mutes when using the zoom (why) or you can only use digital zoom (why)
This video shows the different speeds of video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3JfGw8YfeQ
240 = great
420 = good but quality is a bit dodge
1000 = quality is too low to be usable
Too bad the pic quality isn't that good. I'm very intrigued about these 100fps thing since release, but the image quality as a photo camera is really a turn down to me.
dear engadget, it would be nice to put at least a link to the source web site !!
@Jimbojones meaning when you click on the picture (as you usually do in other posts)
@Jimbojones There is a link, right next to where it says "Source." We've recently changed to start linking our images to our posts.
Yeah they will shoot the next big Hollywood movie with this one.....
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Ahhh the possibilities.
You can see my videos from this camera here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ciancier#p/u/