High-speed photography specialist Vision Research has unleashed its next-gen video camera – the Phantom Flex. The unit is billed as the world’s most flexible digital cinema camera and it’s no idle boast – the specs speak for themselves. Packing a four mega-pixel color CMOS sensor, the Phantom Flex captures a maximum resolution of 2560×1600 shooting at 1,560 frames-per-second (fps) which can be increased to 2,800 when you step the resolution down to full-HD (1920×1080). At 720p HD resolution the maximum recording speed hits 6,100 fps, at 640×480 it’s a whopping 13,000 fps and if you really want to trade in resolution for speed, try 330,000 fps at 256 x 8. Clearly this is a serious a weapon for capturing slow motion footage.
On the other end of the scale the frame rate can be tweaked down to 5 fps at 1920×1080. A maximum ISO of 1000 caters for low light situations, frame synchronization to external signals suppoorts stereo 3D recording and the Phantom Flex can be used with a range of 35mm and 16mm lenses such as Canon EOS, Nikon F and Panavision, with an optional adapter for 2/3 lenses available. The Phantom Flex also operates in “HQ mode”, Vision Research’s proprietary image enhancement technology which “ensures stable blacks, low noise, higher dynamic range and repeatable shots over the full range of supported resolutions, frame rates, and temperatures, all without the need to conduct pre-shot black references.” In this mode the maximum recording speeds are 780 fps at 2560×1600, 1,390 fps at 1920×1080, and 3,000 fps at 1280×720. For more info just visit the link bellow.