Casio EX-F1 high speed video

I just picked up a Casio Exilim EX-F1 last night and I am thrilled with this camera. It can shoot 300 frames per second (fps), 600 fps, and even a whopping 1200 fps. Here are some sample clips I shot today.

There seems to be no limit to the length of the high speed videos besides the 4GB file size limit. I shot a video at 300fps for over four minutes (which would take 40 minutes to play back at 30 fps!) and it never cut off. To shoot these videos, I just set the camera on a tripod, hit record and went skating. The data rate at 300fps is less than 2 MB per second of recording (200 kB per second of playback), so I'm guessing you can record for over 30 minutes straight before it will cut you off. The data rate is about the same for 600fps and 1200fps video because they are lower resolution.

The song is Porcelain by Moby

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[orton1394]

are these videos shot normally and converted to 30fps later to make the playback slower or they originally get recorded in slow motion ? I Have a Panasonic FZ35 which has a shutter speed of 1/20000 (video ofcourse)

[cameratest]

@orton1394 Shutter speed is different from frame rate. You can shoot each frame in 1/2000th of a second but still only record 30 frames per second. The Casio EX-F1 can record 300 frames per second, and when played back at the standard rate of 30 frames per second, it's 1/10th real speed and still looks smooth. The smooth slow motion is due to the way it's recorded.

[orton1394]

@cameratest : if i record it @1/20000th , will my playback be smooth to some extent ?

[cameratest]

@orton1394 Using a fast shutter speed like that will reduce the motion blur of the individual frames. But if you record only 30 frames per second and play it back at 1/10th speed, there are only three frames per second to play back. Video editors can interpolate frames in between those to make it look a little smoother, but it won't look like this video.

[abdulbasitb]

i can see quality dropping down at higher fps. Is it always like that in the camera or there is another reason for this?

[cameratest]

@abdulbasitb The higher frame rates have lower resolutions. It's like that right out of the camera and there is no way to improve the quality. This is typical of high speed cameras.

[ThePafvel]

still best highspeed cheap camera....Canon, nikon, fuji - bad slowmo

[JoshBHC]

@cameratest the more expensive the camera the better  the picture quality is at higher frame rates?

[andrewdabbo]

Does the EX-F1 have an f-mount for changing over lenses?

[mumbojumbo766]

@nikjobs11 it's moby

[feola69]

I really like the last shot for the fakie tray. You can see how the the tail pops off the ground to get the board in the air. Then you see you catch bolts on landing. Really sweet, I want one now.

[Foodfast123]

you used some frame blending/optical flow in this, right?

[Mattyew]

@HoodwinkedbyanAngel fawk ya bud...........wanna see some twisted spinez n shit yo

[watertower7]

What is the file format of the video that this camera takes?

[ashomsky]

@theawakened2012 I would definitely recommend it for high speed video.  It's HD video is so-so and photos are pretty decent.

[ashomsky]

@Trickscollection Yes.  It works fine for photos but for video it's not that great. When recording HD video it tends to "hunt", constantly changing the focus closer and further even in ideal conditions. In high speed mode, the focus is fixed before recording starts and cannot be changed while recording a clip. I manually focus it.