2 New Casio High-Speed Cameras for 2010. Highly recommended by Brian Manzella

[aimr75]

^ thanks for the link

 

[mjstrong]

What size memory card would everyone recommend? There'll be a couple of us sharing this camera, but we're all part time teachers (Private Club).

 

[Frans@France]

What size memory card would everyone recommend? There'll be a couple of us sharing this camera, but we're all part time teachers (Private Club).

Size only defines the total time that you can record and as such not really important. What you do want to get however is an as fast as possible card. I went from a class4 to a SanDisk Extreme class 10 (30MB/s) the difference it makes to the performance of the camera is significant

 

[Steve Greffen]

What size memory card would everyone recommend? There'll be a couple of us sharing this camera, but we're all part time teachers (Private Club).

I have a 16 gig that I use for teaching and can put loads of swings on it before I have to download them. Not sure the speed, will have to look into that. The performance seems fine. The San disk also came with a USB connector that I plug into my laptop and the swings load real fast and transfer real fast.

Cool idea about sharing, you all just need our own sd cards.

 

[Matt Bryda]

What size memory card would everyone recommend? There'll be a couple of us sharing this camera, but we're all part time teachers (Private Club).

MJ,

I have a high speed 8GB card and I edit the video on the lesson tee usually, but I am the only person using this camera.
I priced the 16GB last December and they cost as much as the camera so I went with the 8.

Matt

 

[softconsult]

As I posted at the beginning of the year on this thread, "I had originally posted my intent to buy a 32 gig 30 meg/sec Class 10 card for $200, but found a 16 gig SanDisk Extreme Class 6 30 meg/sec card on e-Bay for $68.00."

Seems to work fine for me, but occasional use is an overstatement.

I just googled, "SD Class 6 versus Class 10" and, as the following article says, the Class system is mostly unreliable relative to actual versus claimed meg/sec.

Panasonic SD cards hit Class 10. Should you care? | Crave - CNET

 

[Steve Greffen]

I just found my card on amazon for under $25.00 Class 6 with the USB card reader. I have not had any problems with it. Don't know if I have been missing out on a better card but I have not felt like I have. Don't think I'd spend more than $40 though for something like that. Just my opinion.

 

[spmurph]

Size only defines the total time that you can record and as such not really important. What you do want to get however is an as fast as possible card. I went from a class4 to a SanDisk Extreme class 10 (30MB/s) the difference it makes to the performance of the camera is significant

Specifically, what is the difference? What I gathered from the article that softconsult posted, the only noticeable difference is the transfer rate.

 

[Ducky]

Specifically, what is the difference? What I gathered from the article that softconsult posted, the only noticeable difference is the transfer rate.

You would be correct, as the only difference is the transfer rate. However, the increased read/write speeds are desirable for a high FPS camera like the Casio. Essentially, if the camera cannot write to the SD/SDHC card quickly enough, it will drop/skip frames.

 

[spmurph]

Thanks Ducky. What kind of card do you use? Your swing videos with the FH25 look great.

Also, does anyone know the answer to this question I posted earlier?

I noticed in the specs that Brian posted the FH-100 has a "high-speed continuous shutter: up to 1/40000 second".

The EX-FH25 does not list this spec. Only lists 1/2000 second shutter speed.

Just curious if this is that much of an advantage over the EX-FH25?

 

[Ducky]

What kind of card do you use? Your swing videos with the FH25 look great.

Thank you. I use a Team 32GB SDHC Class 10 card. It was approximately $70 AUD. The price was exactly the same as a Class 6 card, so the choice was obvious.

Also, does anyone know the answer to this question I posted earlier?

This is straight from the Casio website.

For the EX-FH100:

Shutter Speed Auto: 1-1/2000 second
Shutter Speed Priority AE / Manual Exposure: 30-1/1000 second​

For the EX-FH25:

Shutter Speed Auto: 1-1/2000 second
Aperture Priority AE: 1-1/2000 second
Shutter Speed Priority AE / Manual Exposure: 30-1/2000 second​

So it looks like the EX-FH25 has the EX-FH100 beat. Are you sure it (1/40000) wasn't a typo?

 

[spmurph]

Maybe the camera was a typo by Brian, however, I didn't check the rest of the specs. I did find the shutter specs he listed for the FH-100 under the specs for the FH-20.

Auto/AP AE:1- 1/2000 second

Priority AE:30 - 1/2000 second (high-speed continuous shutter: up to 1/40000 second)
Depending on user's setting of Camera)

So, given that it is an actual spec for a casio camera, would it have a noticeable effect on a high speed video of a golf swing?

 

[Ducky]

So, given that it is an actual spec for a casio camera, would it have a noticeable effect on a high speed video of a golf swing?

Obviously, the higher the shutter speed the better the camera will be at capturing motion. However, it would be quite an odd decision for Casio to decrease the shutter speed on their updated camera models. You may wish to contact Casio directly, but I would guess that they have simply excluded the reference to the continuous shutter speed in the specifications.

 

[ej20]

I don't think shutter speeds above 1/1000 sec is practical in these cameras.Their lens and sensors are too small.Even on a sunny day videos are a bit dark with the setting at 1/1000 sec.It is plenty enough to see the shaft clearly at impact using this setting.

You can increase brightness by going into full manual mode at upping the ISO to 3200.Videos will be grainier but bright.