Comments on: The Phantom Flex: High Speed Video at 2,564 FPS

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:30:57 +0000

Ballpark figure, how much is this camera?

By: Sean Armenta

Sean Armenta — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:18:28 +0000

what a fun video to watch! i want that phantom.

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:01:17 +0000

very kool video

By: Jaymes Poudrier

Jaymes Poudrier — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:44:13 +0000

@Jacopo: I’m not certain what I would have done, but there is plenty of opportunity to have shot something a little different. Just in that most of these shots are so similiar to what you can see just by checking out the Vision Research website. Although after having read the article on his site I understand that he had the camera for another shoot, and this really was just futzing with the camera. In all honesty, I would be paranoid too and keep this sucker under lock and key, considering the cost of one of these beasts. You can check out the article here: http://www.tomguilmette.com/archives/1986

By: Jacopo Tarantino

Jacopo Tarantino — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:12:37 +0000

@Jaymes: I think the story was that he was a bored guy dicking around in a hotel room. What would you do if you were bored off your face and stuck somewhere?
I thought it was a great clip. I’m just wondering how much the bill was after he broke everything in the room lol.

By: Jaymes Poudrier

Jaymes Poudrier — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:06:34 +0000

@Jane: Your right, every shot with a lot of highlights has quite a bit of chromatic abberation. When I watched it the first time I wasn’t really looking at it for image flaws but now that I see it I agree 100%.When I compared the shots I liked and didn’t from the first round the majority of the ones I disliked were of the faucette and such where it was more pronounced. Good Eye! :)

By: Janne

Janne — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:03:19 +0000

Did someone else pay attention to the chromatic aberrations and color fringing? I’d say that there were quite a lot of it in some parts.

By: Jaymes Poudrier

Jaymes Poudrier — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:41:24 +0000

Very interesting video. I think I really only like 50% of the subject matter though. I think if there was more of a story to it, rather than just a bunch of test shots would have been better. Giving rhyme and reason to the slow-mo. I do have to say the audio in this would be my favorite part. It is the single element that really gives the imagery personality.

By: Pontus Fjellström

Pontus Fjellström — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:50:23 +0000

It’s really amazing how the most simple things can be so beautiful in slow motion!

By: Nathan O'Kane

Nathan O'Kane — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:45:13 +0000

Perfect cinematography and editing.