High-Speed cameras - General

So I live in some country where the high-speed cameras are totally exotic, so I want to know how much you should to pay for HD 1000 frames/sec Camera (and more) and who does have it in your country :)

Uh, true high-speed cameras are pretty exotic here, too. I think there are some cheaper ones that can do about 500fps at very low resolutions, but that's still costing you at least $1500. for the most part, I think HD 1000fps would cost tens of thousands of dollars, and they're not made by the commercial photography brands like Canikontax.

fu dat sucks :( I dont mean that I have 1000$ for some camera, but.. Is there anyway to get some high-speed photos ? I mean like to get some HD photo (not motion-blurred) of flying ball or water drop..?

[QUOTE=Jarro;31881660]fu dat sucks :( I dont mean that I have 1000$ for some camera, but.. Is there anyway to get some high-speed photos ? I mean like to get some HD photo (not motion-blurred) of flying ball or water drop..?[/QUOTE] I only know the Casio Exilim high speed consumer cameras (e.g the EX-FH25 for about 300€) which can capture 120fps in VGA resolution and up to 1000fps in a very crappy resoultion (224*64px)... Capturing high speed video in HD resolution isn't affordable for consumers yet, unless you can spend "$50,000 to $150,000" for e.g. a Phantom Flex (without any lens), but then you are able to "Shoot 5-2570 fps at 1920 x 1080"... High speed photography is rather expensive: You need a very small shutter (modern DSRL cameras are able to release the shutter for about 1/4000 sec) and much light, because of the very short exposure time, but I never did high speed photography before...

high speed photography and high speed cameras are pretty different. the latter is just an expensive body while the former is a combination of equipment. I haven't done much of it myself, but [url=http://diyphotography.net/taxonomy/term/174]this page[/url] a good resource. it would take a DSLR, a trigger, and a decent strobe. If you get a Nikon D3000, which is the older model of Nikon's bottom of the line camera, that could cost you about $400. a strobe or two & a trigger might be another one or two hundred. the Nikon D3000 is probably as low as you should go, unless you want to give the D70 or D70s a try. [editline]22nd August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Motge;31882574]High speed photography is rather expensive: You need a very small shutter (modern DSRL cameras are able to release the shutter for about 1/4000 sec) and much light, because of the very short exposure time, but I never did high speed photography before...[/QUOTE] no. you use a long exposure--like 2 seconds--in a pitch black room, and use the strobe to mimic a fast shutter speed.

[QUOTE=GraniteMouse;31882581]no. you use a long exposure--like 2 seconds--in a pitch black room, and use the strobe to mimic a fast shutter speed. [/QUOTE] Good to know! But such a setup is nevertheless not as expensive as high speed video cameras in reasonable quality...

[QUOTE=Jarro;31881660]fu dat sucks :( I dont mean that I have 1000$ for some camera, but.. Is there anyway to get some high-speed photos ? I mean like to get some HD photo (not motion-blurred) of flying ball or water drop..?[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;x43yftnFBBw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x43yftnFBBw[/video]

The Casio Exilim EX-F1 is probably your best choice right now. You won't get HD video, but you'll have a camera to practice high speed photography with, as it is quite an amazing camera really. [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/taofledermaus?blend=1&ob=5#p/u/0/t9Kt7pOpXsg]This guy[/url] makes a lot of videos with the EX-F1. And here's a video I have made with the camera: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZlvrTCIjo&feature=channel_video_title[/media]