Best budget camera for Slow motion

[crashpc]

Hello.

Searched through the forum, but didn't find anything current. I'm looking for budget Vlogging/universal camera, that could do good slow motion. It will be for rather scientific purposes, I will dig some data from it, so interpolation is not what will suffice. Especially not for 120FPS >> 240FPS trick.

The requirements are:

At least 1/1.33" sensor or larger

Fast lens, not slower than f/2.8

240FPS at FullHD, or better 480FPS( both down to 720p if no choice.)

Price depending on the possibilities. Up to ~$1000. The less the better.

I am looking around the class of Panasonic LX15, or even some large sensor phones. CSC is acceptable, but not preferred...

Thank you for eventual help.

//I am not sure though, what really my Huawei Mate20X does with the image when choosing refresh rate. 920FPS looks smeared and unusable, 240FPS looks good, 120FPS is insufficient for my purpose.

 

[lehill]

Take a look at the RX100 IV or RX100 V. DPR's reviews of these models have a section on their "High Frame Rate" mode - look in the review's Video section (example).

The later RX100 models may have something like High Frame Rate, but Sony may have renamed it to "S & Q" for Slow & Quick I guess.

Buying these in the used market will get the cost down.

 

[crashpc]

Thank you. Interesting choice, and indeed it does what's needed. Now I have to fight my pickyness, as the camera is claimed to overheat with 4k, not last much, and so on. Half brains from Xiaomi with larger sensors don't do 240FPS, and Huawei will steal your money so to speak. As always, tough decision.

 

[crashpc]

Allegedly, Xiaomi Mi 11 does 240/480 FPS at FullHD.

With /1.33" sensor and best resolution images from all phones according to DxO(cough cough), it might do what I wanted. No useful details though. I will try that one.

The details on RX100 said the good slo-motion is like for very brief time, and the camera overheats with video.

It seems we're not there with technology yet.

 

[ZilverHaylide]

Hello.

Searched through the forum, but didn't find anything current. I'm looking for budget Vlogging/universal camera, that could do good slow motion. It will be for rather scientific purposes, I will dig some data from it, so interpolation is not what will suffice. Especially not for 120FPS >> 240FPS trick.

The requirements are:

At least 1/1.33" sensor or larger

Fast lens, not slower than f/2.8

240FPS at FullHD, or better 480FPS( both down to 720p if no choice.)

Price depending on the possibilities. Up to ~$1000. The less the better.

I am looking around the class of Panasonic LX15, or even some large sensor phones. CSC is acceptable, but not preferred...

Thank you for eventual help.

//I am not sure though, what really my Huawei Mate20X does with the image when choosing refresh rate. 920FPS looks smeared and unusable, 240FPS looks good, 120FPS is insufficient for my purpose.

If you need bigger than a phone-size sensor, some of the RX100 models, already mentioned by another poster, may be your best bet.

If you need even bigger, some of the recent Fuji cameras (I think the X-T4, X-S10, and X-E4) do 240fps, I think at FHD. Even the cheapest, probably the X-E4, might exceed your budget, though, by the time you add a lens. However, because you get to choose your lens, you'd have a lot of added flexibility for a scientific application.

Whatever you narrow your selection to, be sure to verify that run-time at those high speeds meets your needs. I think the Fujis can only do 240fps for just a few minutes due to overheating, and IIRC, that info is only to be found deep in the user manual, not in basic specs. Same may be true for any other camera, or cellphone.

 

[crashpc]

Thanks for the response. For the moment I have Xiaomi Mi 11, to have at least something, and will be looking further. Will not get Sony. Fuji being able to do 240FPS is news to me.