Casio is using this year’s IFA trade show to almost unveil an experimental new digital camera. Preliminarily part of the Exilim line, Casio claims the camera will be able to shoot six-megapixel images at 60 frames per second. Not only that, but that it’ll be able to record VGA-quality video at 300 frames per second. And here I thought the human eye was unable to distinguish the difference between 30 and 60 frames per second, though seasoned first person shooter players may argue differently.
The camera is still a ways away, with Casio planning to release it sometime next year.
It’s also good to note that the camera will have that new-fangled CMOS censor and not a CCD like cameras past.
Should Casio deliver on these fairly impressive specs—I don’t even know what 300 f.p.s. looks like—I may have to change my tune as it relates to Casio’s dSLRs. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen a Casio dSLR being used. I’ve always thought of Casio as the maker of decent point-and-shoots. Maybe this one will change that perception.
Product Info [Casio via Fareastgizmos]
You wouldn’t want to watch playback at 300 fps. The point would be to shoot at 300 and playback at 30 — super high quality slow-motion playback (1 second recorded at 300 fps = 10 seconds when played back at 30 fps).
Handy for nature shots, sports and p0rn.
True, but 300 fps would be awesome for super slo-mo sports shots or analyzing other quick events.
Casio doesn’t make DSLRs…
The main selling point of 60 fps or even 300 fps is not high playback rate. The point is to take video of high-speed activity and then extract the frames of interest. Sports, science and engineering projects, etc.
Wanna take a picture of a model rocket takeoff? Not gonna happen at 5 fps or even 30 fps. How about a high quality picture of a weightlifter at the top of his lift? You’ve got 0.9 seconds for the whole lift, so with a regular camera the question is how fast is your trigger finger? A baseball batter at the moment of contact with the ball?
if you have a higher number of fps, does it mean the camera will shoot faster or slower?pls reply.
The higher the FPS the more shots per second the camera is taking. So the camera is shooting “faster” ; playback at a standard 30FPS will be in slow-motion.