14 DAY TRIAL // The high-speed camera industry has just hit another important step. Vision Research has just pulled the veil off what’s being touted as the world’s fastest digital camera, the Phantom V2511.
The new Phantom V2511 high-speed digital camera is capable of shooting videos at the impressive frame rate of 25,600 fps.
Building upon what its predecessor had to offer, the new V2511 comes equipped with the same 1MP image sensor. But that doesn’t mean Vision Research has left everything else the same.
With the Phantom we're going to be dealing with a high-speed rate, increased sensor sensitivity and improved image quality.
Now, the ISO sensitivity stands at 6400 when shooting in color and that increases to 32,000 when recording in monochrome.
Actually, this one right here is one of the reason the new Phantom v2511 is faster than the predecessor. On top of that, the sensitivity of the sensor has been bumped up, so it is capable of gathering more light, hence snap a better image faster.
“One of the challenges to capturing footage at ultrahigh speeds is ensuring adequate lighting. At Vision Research […] we have developed our new proprietary sensor and are supporting camera innovations to increase the ISO measurements of the v2511, while also increasing the camera speed.”
The new Phantom comes with image-based auto-trigger, which means that whenever motion in live view is detected, the device will go off.
We’re also being told the camera will arrive equipped with a couple of HD-SDI ports, 10GB and 1GB Ethernet connectivity ports.
What’s more, Vision Research is boasting the new camera should be able to support data transfers up to 1GB/s. To get an idea, we should tell you that 96GB worth of video could be transferred in just one and a half minutes.
Another important advantage the Phantom V2511 brings into our lives is that you won’t need to spend more money on super expensive lenses with bright apertures, because the new cam has been made to work better in low-lighting conditions.
However, not everything is blows and whistles when it comes to the Phantom V2511. Even if the camera will be able to shoot superfast, once you transfer the by-product on the computer, you’ll only be able to view the result at 30fps, which is about 853 times slower than the video you just shot.
This is just an aspect and some might not even be bothered much about it. Vision Research says the camera will arrive on the market at the end of August and will sell for an unknown price.