i wonder if the camera is setup to jaw-dropping low-light photos if it's that sensitive.

Nice cam. But who needs to film their bratty kids at 1200fps?

WOW.. that beats my LG Viewty by.. say... 10! :P
but at lower ress.. hmm.. That cam is awesome.. and you can even use it a a GOOD camcorder i FULL HD! hell yea, gotta get one of thous too..

not bad

i might like to see 1200fps of the casio girl though

I almost regret getting my d40 now. :( $999? so tempting for the cool features...

What is the resolution on the photos?

Huh? Why not just make it into a 1080px60fps HDV camcorder? (better with interchangeable lens. Yummy!)

@impliedsurprise: don't be so hard on yourself. I'm sure in a year or two all dslrs will have thesee features. I actually just picked up an xti, I bet the next version of it will have it, and for less money too

Reality check: Wouldn't work on a dSLR unless somebody invents a mirror assembly that can move that quickly without shaking itself to bits, would it?

@vicsells: Ha! I'd like to see a DSLR making its reflex mirror bounce up and down at 1200fps.

That pic is 300 FPS right?

The 1200 FPS is only 96 lines of resolution from the specs.

You can use a semi-silvered non-moving mirror in an SLR and achieve the same thing. A few companies have made SLRs that way before, for instances where there where really stringent noise requirements. You lose some speed/light sensitivity at the film/sensor plane and brightness of the viewfinder image though.

And this would be the nuts for manufacturing, you're always renting high speed cameras for motion studies. Depending on price this would be a no brainer. Bet it chews through memory cards like nobodies business.

@ripfire4: You don't have to bounce the mirror at the framerate you want with a DSLR; you only have to control the shutter. Obviously the CCD and shutter technology exists to do this kind of thing now, so I don't see why it would not be possible to build an SLR camera with hybrid shuttering to accomplish this.

Though with the things this camera does it is likely not running a shutter at all; it is probably all done by processing the sensor data directly.

If Casio wanted to build these features into a DSLR it would certainly be welcome.

If that tech should be applied to SLR's as well I'd imagine they would have some serious improvements in the shutter durability area... not to talk about speed.

Wait, I'm not sure I caught it in the video: did they say 60fps? Maybe if they put up a super saying 60fps oh, 90 times or something, it would be more clear.

@poppy: oop. Meant to say 60 images per second.

@John Laur:

judging by the 'pre-record' feature that would appear to be the case.

@John Laur: That's the point of my previous post: Why bother implementing video capability on a DSLR? Why not just make a dedicated camcorder with still shot capability? The point of a DSLR is to be able to see, compose and shoot through the lens. If the mirror is locked open, how do you see through the viewfinder? Through the LCD monitor? Yeah right.

Any DSLR with mirror lock-up and live view would be capable of this. Pellicle mirror would be costly and completely unnecessary. The real work would be electrical not mechanical - but I'd recon that it would kill Li-Ion batteries and be only good for a couple of bursts.

This is almost unbelievable. I'm no professional photographer, but as a designer, I certainly can use the features this camera has. At this price point, it's a no-brainer.

Want. Want. Want.

The many high speed features of this camera would not be available to a DLSR not just because of the mirror lock up speed but because of the high power requirements of the DSLR sensor. If the promo video is to be believed, the preview image is continuous, even while shooting stills, high speed stills, pre record stills, and high speed video. That kind of preview performance is not available in power hungry DSLR sensors.

this is amazing.

I honestly think that this camera is more of a novelty than anything. You won't see any professionals using it. Are they going to sell a ton? Hell yes, just look at the comments section here. It takes the fun and skill out of actual photography in my opinion. If you need to be able to make 60 shots in a second to get your shot, maybe you should reconsider your hobby/profession.

Whatever it takes, my dear luddite, whatever it takes ...

This will be a big seller, but I'll wait until they implement it into a compact body (or DSLR). After all, the sensor is ultra-compact flavor (1/1.8"). Sure it's a CMOS which is a step in the right direction, but it's still too little. The quality should be quite decent since they've only shoved 6 megapixels in instead of a ridiculuous 12mp like some, but it won't compare to a full frame sensor.

@ripfire4: shoot..you've got a point, i didn't think about that. I guess the mirror'd just have to lock up, it could be done right? I can only hope

I have 3 points to make. This wont happen in DSLR's for a long long time. The sensors cant take that kind of cycle. If anyone knows what digital noise is they will admit a DSLR will get to hot to handle 1200fps, the sensors just dont have the capabilities yet. Also, no-one in the world needs to shoot 1200 fps of stills, try to argue that. You cant, if you need that many photos you should be using a video camera. My last comment is... was it just me or did anyone else notice the quality get lower as the video displayed the 3 different shooting speeds. We are on the cusp of going HD world wide for everything. Why would you get a camera you cant view at high quality, kinda taking a step backwards no? So its a toss up quantity or quality, personally I am taking quality. None the less I'm not slamming it, good for them for making something no one else has.

It can do 60fps at the camera's full resolution. WHAT IS the camera's full resolution? 2mp not so useful 4mp or higher getting useful 6mp DROOL WORTHY :-)

Also does full HD mean 1080i 1080p? 720p

I'm gonna need a bigger memory card...

@DakotaEpic:
It is hard to know. At a high level, sports photogs often set up high speed, remote cameras to catch hurdlers and such at exactly the right moment. The lack of interchangeable lenses would be a disadvantage, but the incredible high speed and low price point (you could have bunches of these preset at key points) could push these into pro use under the right circumstances.

Sports photogs have been using the high speed, multi frame capture mode of cameras since motor drives first became available for SLRs, so don't try to suggest that high speed capture is just for unskilled amateurs.

@Nerys:
I thinks its 6Mpixel and does 1080p video.. :P it better have a nice microphone too!

@DakotaEpic: yeah, Casio should just stop developing this technologies and add them to their products, the point of the technology is to make it easier to you, not to do everythi... wait. THIS IS PRETTY COOL! National Geographic, here I Come!!!

i want a good full HD camera in a still point-and-shoot portable still camera form factor.

i avoid buying these larger cameras and video cameras because i never bring them anywhere and video cameras make people more camera shy

brundlefly; check out the Canon TX1. It's 720p but a step in the right direction if you just want something tiny.

dakotaepic; I understand what you mean, but I think there's still some value in this thing. While it can also be done to "cheat", it also expands what you can do. It also gives you the chance to pick the perfect shot, I don't know anyone that can time their shot within a 1/60th of a second. Rather than three or maybe as much as ten shots, sixty might offer enough to get everything just perfect, the expressions, make sure you don't catch them with the oddest contortions, etc.