1 week with the FS700

[DM_rider]

I was all into the thread 'til I saw the bubble-bath pic. Oh, my eyes...my eyes!

Hey, we were in Vegas, what do you expect? haha

[Kraut69]

I want to point out two things about the 240fps slo mo that wasn't apparent to me before purchasing, having read the manual beforehand.

1. After recording an 8 second clip, which is a buffering process, you have to wait a considerable time after the shot while the camera actually records it to the SD card. If you are shooting consecutive clips, there is an unfortunate wait and stand around period for everyone on the set while this happens, before you make the next slo-mo shot.

2. Flickering from incandescent lights when filming inside. I haven't found a filter to get rid of this in post, and right now I don't see a cure for this. Even if some lights are out there that don't cause flickering, 99% of the time you can't choose your indoor lighting.

[powervideo]

I want to point out two things about the 240fps slo mo that wasn't apparent to me before purchasing, having read the manual beforehand.

1. After recording an 8 second clip, which is a buffering process, you have to wait a considerable time after the shot while the camera actually records it to the SD card. If you are shooting consecutive clips, there is an unfortunate wait and stand around period for everyone on the set while this happens, before you make the next slo-mo shot.

2. Flickering from incandescent lights when filming inside. I haven't found a filter to get rid of this in post, and right now I don't see a cure for this. Even if some lights are out there that don't cause flickering, 99% of the time you can't choose your indoor lighting.

This is all standard knowledge that applies to ALL high-speed cameras like the Weisscam and Phantom. It's nothing specific to the FS700. Any casual viewing of an NFL or NBA match in super slomo would show some form of flickering, and all high-speed 250fps - 4000fps cameras record to a buffer then print to disc in real (ie slomo) time. Just sayin', it's not rocket science.

[DM_rider]

Here's the episode.

[MattRobertson]

THe slow mo shots on the boat looked killer! You can see the great DR by the fs700 on it too