

To analyze your swing, you will often have to transfer the video from the camera to a computer or other device that can be displayed on a bigger monitor. The camera should record video in a specified format such as VGA on a memory card, hard drive, or USB device. Cameras with a shutter speed of less than 1/1000th of a second will produce blurred images.Ī good camera will offer shutter speeds of 1/2000th of a second or better and ideally you should be able to control the shutter speed manually to ensure that you select the best shutter speed to adjust to the ambient lighting. The shutter speed plays a huge role in the clarity of each frame produced by the camera. The higher the speed the more frames will be available to identify specific areas that could impact on your swing. Generally, cameras record at approximately 30 frames per second (FPS) but cameras with a higher recording speed, more than 30 FPS, are extremely useful for a golf swing that could be completed in less than 2 seconds. Videos taken on a low-resolution camera will show a blurred picture if you zoom in on the detail. The picture must be clear, and you may even want to zoom in on some detail in the frame. You won't want to use high ISOs to keep things sharp, either, as anything over ISO 400 adds pretty unpleasant grainy noise.The resolution of the video should be sufficient to show the club in every frame that you review. Although the lens is stabilised (both optically and digitally), it's not as efficient as the best systems, from Panasonic and Canon, say. At 700g, this Casio is much heavier and bulkier than many budget SLRs - and remember there's no swapping out that 12x lens. While you get a tonne of features with the F1, you also get a big lump of camera.
Whether you find this a cool gimmick or genuinely useful will probably depend on how often you fire bullets at eggs or track down hummingbirds. With shutter rates from 300fps (512x284 pixels) to 1,200fps (336x96), you can shoot jaw-dropping slow-motion movies where water swirling in a glass or pigeons taking flight become hypnotic art-house classics.
Casio slomo movie#
The giant lens, which incorporates a 12x optical zoom, contributes to the 700g weightįlick the movie mode selector (it has a separate shutter release so it's always ready to go) to High Speed and welcome to a surreal new world. It will capture 'Full HD' 1,920x1,080-pixel movies at a glidingly smooth 60fps to rival dedicated movie cameras - plus you get an HDMI port (although no cable) for instant hi-def playback.
Casio slomo manual#
What does match SLRs are the choice and competence of its manual and creative modes, from easy-to-use aperture and shutter priority exposure to tracking autofocus and digital tweaks.
Casio slomo full#
Image quality from the 12x lens is pretty good, full of rich colours and bright exposure, although lacking the crisp detail you get from real SLRs. Even in the dark, the F1 hardly slows down, thanks to a pop-up flash that can unleash a lightning strobe of 7 flashes a second - great for indoor portraits. Casio's Exilim EX-F1 takes it to the extreme, capable of capturing up to 60 full-resolution snaps in a second (about 30 times as many as most cameras).

Anyone who's ever missed a great photo waiting for automatic focus or flash systems to make up their minds knows the importance of high-speed shooting.
