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Jsr congrats on the getting the camera, vids are looking good, Id recommend getting a couple cheap flood lights from the hardware store, I picked a couple 600w ones for about 7 bucks each. They work great for indoor lighting even up to 1000 fps.

jor2daje wrote:I'd recommend getting a couple cheap flood lights from the hardware store, I picked a couple 600w ones for about 7 bucks each. They work great for indoor lighting even up to 1000 fps.

I was thinking along those lines, thanks for the tip

For really basic editing, such as trimming the clip to size, you can just use the in-camera trimming function. Doesn't ruin your quality and is quick. To use it, I think you pause the video as it plays, then press either down or up on the directional pad (can't remember which). Unfortunately you can't do any other editing within the camera, only trimming.

I had no idea there was an on-board editor (because obviously, I still haven't rtfm ), good to know

edit: BBMG at 420 fps

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Looking good

Took some more footage today, these are the best two clips I got:

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I almost shot the camera a couple of times when the dart deflected off the balloon instead of popping it

For our lighting, we use one of the 500w shop lights. They provide plenty of light for 1,000FPS and are incredibly rugged. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the first to say this but the flames that come out of a combustion gun look amazing with high speed. The Casio Exilim EX-FC100 was the BEST $250 I have spent on a piece of equipment. I need to make an acrylic blast shield for my camera so bits of "debris" don't hit the camera (shard of plastic at 300fps, not good!:D )

McCoytheLesser wrote:The Casio Exilim EX-FC100 was the BEST $250 I have spent on a piece of equipment.

Only had it for a couple of days now but couldn't agree more

I almost shot the camera a couple of times when the dart deflected off the balloon instead of popping it

One of my biggest fears, at the moment I'm putting mine behind an empty clear chocolate box, not really thick enough to stop a direct hit but good enough for ricochets and debris, I'll try and make a proper protective box in due course.

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:

I almost shot the camera a couple of times when the dart deflected off the balloon instead of popping it

One of my biggest fears, at the moment I'm putting mine behind an empty clear chocolate box, not really thick enough to stop a direct hit but good enough for ricochets and debris, I'll try and make a proper protective box in due course.

I should probably do the same....

It seems ironic that I went and dropped ~ $500 on a camera, but am too cheap to go buy a bit of decent glass or acrylic to put it behind

Insomniac wrote:It seems ironic that I went and dropped ~ $500 on a camera, but am too cheap to go buy a bit of decent glass or acrylic to put it behind

This is why I didn't go for the EX-F1 - I will shoot this camera one day, completely by accident, but I will - so I though might as well cut my losses and get the cheaper one

Haha... Just make sure you only shoot it once the new line of high speeds are on the market

EDIT: I was considering the F1 too, but the fact it records to the impossibly annoying .mov format was a dealbreaker for me. I'd rather have huge files I can easily work with, than compressed ones I can't.

I *cough* borrowed *cough* a 500W halogen lamp from the workshop, so finally was able to do some decent 1000 fps shots

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Playmobil figure shot with a 0.22" pellet at around 800 feet per second


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(Fake!) zippo case (previously used as a target ) again with the 0.22"


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Ceramic scrap with the 0.22"


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Tissue projectile from my 3/4" piston launcher (sans barrel)

edit: one more, 5 round 0.177" burst on a soup tin

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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:This is why I didn't go for the EX-F1 - I will shoot this camera one day, completely by accident, but I will - so I though might as well cut my losses and get the cheaper one

Which causes you to think "oh its cheap anyway", seting it up in risky situations.
Buying the 500$ one would force you to make sure it's safe and comfy all the time. This results in not shooting the camera for a long time, long enough to want a newer and better one.

Fair point, but buying the $200 one instead of the $500 one means that I now have $300 I can invest in a sentry gun project

Personally I would've bought two EX-FC100's, one to keep around the firing range for Murphy's Law and the other to capture the footage...though i'm already spotting the flaws

one to keep around the firing range for Murphy's Law and the other to capture the footage

And we spudders know all too well about Murphy's law .

I'd have both of them shooting video "just in case."

We do case in point, there are two types of chrony owner, the ones that have shot their chrony and the ones that will shoot it in the near future

lol I guess we've got to get use to it...

when you finish that turret remember to test it on yourself first, just like that guy in one of his vids... ohh and of course it would be cool if you could film that in slowmo