I’m trying to help my bro purchase a digital camera, since I dont have one I’m not much help I’m wondering what you guys are using?
What are his needs and budget? What is his experience level? Does he want a dSLR or a P&S? Does he want video capabilities, and if so, is 30FPS enough?
General use and flim sprints.
Get that new Casio that shoots at 300, 600 and 1200 fps. I think it is $1,000. Also shoots stills at up to 60 fps and shoots video in Hi-Def.
Someone buy it and let me know how it goes…
for 1000 $ u can buy omega FAT no ?
But only has 3 fps continuous shooting (if still shots are important to you).
Check out the reviews on the Casio’s EXILIM Pro EX-F1
Hi No2
Nice choice…omg.
Scratch my Nikon pick, go Casio if you got the extra $300 (well worth it).
Rupert
CharlieFrancis.com
For shooting sprints, 30fps can be frustrating to try to use for technical analysis, but is better than nothing and will show any serious flaws if the camera operator knows what they’re doing. I do it with my (not very fast) high school sprinters.
If he’s serious about using the filming, and has some money, NumberTwo’s suggestion is worth looking into. It’s certainly overkill, but the Casio Exilim PRO EX-F1 is the camera he’s referring to. It shoots 60fps for a resolution of 1920x1080 (basically 2Megapixels). That’s pretty damn good, not to mention the 1200fps option.
I recommend some point & shoot that has a 60fps option. I’m not familiar with the hundreds of point & shoot cameras. www.dpreview.com has a lot of reviews. Maybe something like a Canon Powershot SD800 IS.
Rupert is right about the Nikon D40, but it won’t let you shoot video.
All I would need is a 100 fps camera. Then, every frame would be worth 1/100th of a second. Easy calculation for timing purposes.
The 300 to 1200 fps with the Casio would be interesting, particularly for the start. It would fill in som eof the gaps in technical issues that would be missed at 30fps (as pointed out by Charlie).
I have a camera that does 60fps, but it doesn’t show the timecode in the viewscreen (so I can’t figure out times on the fly). I have to literally count frames, which takes forever. It’s a Sanyo HD1A Xacti.
If you open your .mpg file in Windows Movie Maker, it lets you step forward and back through each frame. I find this extremely useful. It also shows the time of the frame, and you can save .jpgs from each frame.
Oh yes - I know. But when I’m on the track during a training session or at a meet, I’d like to be able to do a quick frame calculation on the spot.