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This camera is just as suitable for professional photographers as for normal amateur photographers. For the former the thing has little with which a professional could-start for zweiteren it is simply too expensive to simply taking photos. For whom is this camera is then done otherwise?

There is no question for techies who find with this exceptional model countless gimmicks that never to be found otherwise rare on a camera. I myself am an amateur photographer who uses his camera as well for films. Photo Technically I stay here on the floor of the facts there are innumerable cheaper cameras that make better-quality photos than the F1. But there are not many (any?) That can do what the F1 can. Example: 1 / 40,000 seconds exposure time. There may be cameras that can do that, I know in any case no. This exposure time I have photographed, for example the ball a airsoftguns who has just left the barrel (speed of ball: about 100 meters / second). Sure, the picture is not 'frozen', ie, the ball is abgebildt slightly distorted, but: it is sharp, and there will not be many cameras that also can. I caught the ball with the continuous shooting mode with 60 frames / second. Note, though: for a 40.000stel second one needs obviously a lot of light, but after I had the sun in the background went there.

At the F1 receptive technically multiple high-speed. That's why I come to the point, which is why I've bought really high-speed video recordings. You can choose between 300, 600 and 1200 FPS, where there is an extra mode where you can push of a button between 30 and 300 FPS back and herswitchen. With this function you can have one or the other matrix Excessive video recording make (example: if you want someone to film, jumping over an obstacle Until jump 30 FPS, from jump 300 FPS, after landing back on 30 A simple example. which can ensure amazement and still is).

The 300 FPS do you manage now with Actioncams as the GoPro (240 FPS at approximately comparable resolution), the 600 FPS no longer and not to mention the 1200. The latter rate was noted that the resolution is only minimal (336 × 96), but one can also here impressive things film (my highlight: a dragonfly at the start: I have indeed only slightly more than 1 second filmed, but this ausmacht- in the final video about three quarters of a minute [...] . With its own program to the camera you can see the unnecessary (and inevitable) seconds before and after cut away the same as here but a lot comes together. A second shot is equivalent to 40 seconds of video (at a playback speed of 30 frames / second). In 1200 FPS mode you need however already enough light, because you here clearly can also start from a theoretical exposure of a 1200stel second / image and therefore needs light.

At this point a little addendum, because I've discovered something interesting in my last shooting: the F1 has apparently also built an internal flash is fired, which I previously knew nothing. In a studio shoot, I noticed that the external flashes have mitgeblitzt, without having a transmitter on the camera (which was namely on the other camera). It is further noticed that photos taken with flash F1 showed an almost better than with my main camera (Panasonic Lumix G2). Whether this really is an internal flash trigger or the external flashes have (not from my possession) flashed because I had the 'Onboard' flash in operation, remains to be seen, but it worked perfectly.

There are many more details that could be mentioned, the possibilities are numerous. Although there are many better video cameras and much more better cameras, so the F1 is still a collection of many interesting gimmicks, but justify the high purchase price. Battery life is also above average (about 2-3 times my Panasonic), weight and size ok. So who is looking for something unusual, buys with this model certainly is right. In addition, it is absolutely unique; So far, neither Casio nor any other manufacturer built a comparable successor and is also not well. So I think that the value retention of the camera will also be good.