I purchased a casio ex-fc100 high speed digital camera this week, it came in Friday evening so today (Saturday) was the first day I could play with it.
For those of you that do not know (and I purchased one as soon as I knew it was out there) it is a pocket sized camera that costs around 250 dollars effective retail (350 MSRP). It can shoot normal video, HD video, 200FPS, 400fps, and 1000fps (fps is rough - can't recall the exact amount at the moment). The camera has some limitations, many are due to lighting for the video - but for the price/form factor it seems to work well. It isn't a very good "normal" camera, but for high speed sports shots it excells.
Any way today was the first day I had to play with it. Everything I have read says that high speed needs full daylight and I concur - sadly we are under the tail end of a biblical deluge and it was dark all day (in case you are wondering - for the first time in 20+ years water overflowed our porch). It also also turns out that high speed under florescents one can see the flicker from the lights (our range is fluorescent). That isn't really a fault of the camera.
So, on to the videos. First is 200 fps video of my release. I'm, fairly happy with it though I note my focus change upon release (which I knew I did). What I never knew I did was the little rotation of my hand away from my face after release - and I guess I will add the ... jiggle of my face
Ok, next is a 400 fps video of me out in the deluge - you can see the rain and note that there is no flicker. You can also see that the video quality is lower due to the lower light - full sunlight should get the best of both worlds. Also note the spray of water off the limbs that were outside the umbrella.
I've also had a time tuning this thing. I had ultimately come to the conclusion that it was riser contact. Since I was going to get the camera before I could adjust for it I thought I would try and verify it - and I sure did. *really* nice for this type of thing - at 200 fps so higher FPS should show more:
And, lastly - sue me
(I'm sure we all like neat videos and IMO this one qualifies) - not an archery movie. However this one was neat enough I though I would at least share. Biblical deluge, 12 gauge shotgun, high speed camera - what else is there to say?
Anyway - critique my shooting of you wish. While not really what I am looking for nothing wrong with that. If you find something I did not then I will be happy camper - more room to improve.
I'm fairly pleased with my release though I note two issues. One I am aware of and that is shift in focus from aiming to watching. You can see me slightly move my head/focus though it still stays on target.
I did not realize that I am rotating my hand away from my head after release. It is a slight amount but at this point those minor things are changing my score.
I have lots of videos but they all are indoors so that annoying flicker. I hope to get some nice archery movies in the next few weeks and I will share the traditional ones (or any that, like the shotgun in the rain are really neat).
But, ultimately, I also wanted to point out this camera - for ~270 dollars with shipping and the memory card that is *really* hard to beat. It's a toy I think I could get too many videos with.
It also takes high resolution photos are 30 FPS, As of today the lighting wasn't what it needs to be. OK action photos but the shutter speed was too low in our lighting - not really worth sharing. I hope to get a nice picture of my recurve with an arrow a few feet off once the sun come out.
And, finally, it can film at 1000fps. I have one shot of my release but it is so poor I wouldn't share. The lighting was horrid and the flicker nearly kills it. As a coaching device to see *exactly* what happens it was more than sufficient (and I was *really really* happy with what I saw). As a neat video not so much. But that lighting was so far below what they list as minimum I still can not fault the camera.
As I purchased the camera more as a coaching/instructional device that is all more than fine by me. Indeed, it exceeds the minimum I need or even want for that. I suspect this thing is going to get A LOT of use over the next few months
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