Affordable And Budget Slow Motion_High Speed Video CameraIt is quite a challenge to afford a slow motion or in other words a high speed video camera in nowadays market for private or small business use. It’s a mission impossible. Common prices reach 30k, 40k and above.

But here are the first steps to make things change. Mike Matter and Juan Pineda, two engineers based in San Jose, California, created the first affordable super slow motion camera named edgertronic. They successfully raised a Kickstarter campaign and now accepts pre-orders for the second release after the first fast and fortunate sold-out.

edgertronic budget slow motion camera comes in two models: full color –$5,495.00 and monochrome – $5,695.00. Well, it is a very appetizing offer to try this toy in a daily life. Especially when you take a glance to its capabilities:

To get deeper what’s inside of this likeable gadget here are some technical data:

TECHNICAL SPECS: 

  • 1280×1024 CMOS Image Sensor (color or monochrome at time of order)
  • 17.92×14.34mm active area, 14um pixels
  • ISO 100-1600 sensitivity (color), 400-6400( monochrome)
  • Global shutter settable from 1/10 to 1/250,000 sec
  • Resolution settable from 192×96 to 1280×1024
  • Frame rates settable from 10 to 17791 frames/sec depending on resolution
  • Captured videos stored as H.264 (.mov) on a removable SD card
  • 2 USB ports
  • 10/100 Ethernet
  • 12 VDC Power, 1.5A 2.5/5.5mm locking connector
  • Type III Hard Anodize Aluminum enclosure
  • Audio Input port (not supported in ver 1.0 SW)
  • Expansion I/O connector (external trigger etc)
  • Trigger button
  • 2 status LED’s
  • Accepts Nikon F-mount lenses (manual and D series)
  • Built in fan
  • Size: 111x108x79 mm exclusive of lens
  • Weight: ~862 gr exclusive of lens
  • Field upgradable software/firmware

For additional information, creators of edgertronic invetes you to their wiki page: wiki.edgertronic.com