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I've created a couple of new high-speed videos using the Casio EX-F1 camera. The camera records high-spedd videos at 300 to 1200 frames per second.
The first video was recorded at the June ROCK launch:
https://www.payloadbay.com/video-7933.html
Once again, I managed to catch a motor failing during a boost glider launch. This time, fortunately, the glider wasn't seriously damaged when the D12-3's nozzle failed.
The second video is from the June NEFAR launch:
https://www.payloadbay.com/video-7932.html
This video begins with a couple of Thors - one big and the other little and ends with the static test of a rocket motor.
I'm still learning how to best use the EX-F1 for rocket launches. But, I'm pleased with the results. A disadvantage of the camera is that it is hard to follow a rocket in the camera's view finder - and you can't adjust the zoom while recording. Also, once you stop recording, there's a several-second delay while the camera saves the video to the memory card. So, it's easiest to leave the camera on a tripod to catch just the lift-off. And advantage to that, however, is that I can start the recording then watch the flight in person rather than through the little view finder.
-- Roger
The first video was recorded at the June ROCK launch:
https://www.payloadbay.com/video-7933.html
Once again, I managed to catch a motor failing during a boost glider launch. This time, fortunately, the glider wasn't seriously damaged when the D12-3's nozzle failed.
The second video is from the June NEFAR launch:
https://www.payloadbay.com/video-7932.html
This video begins with a couple of Thors - one big and the other little and ends with the static test of a rocket motor.
I'm still learning how to best use the EX-F1 for rocket launches. But, I'm pleased with the results. A disadvantage of the camera is that it is hard to follow a rocket in the camera's view finder - and you can't adjust the zoom while recording. Also, once you stop recording, there's a several-second delay while the camera saves the video to the memory card. So, it's easiest to leave the camera on a tripod to catch just the lift-off. And advantage to that, however, is that I can start the recording then watch the flight in person rather than through the little view finder.
-- Roger
