Vision Research Launches Phantom Miro eX Digital High-Speed Cameras [New Phantom Miro eX Series See Light]

Vision Research have just announced that their new Phantom Miro eX series cameras are making it to the market. The new Phantom Miro eX is a digital high-speed camera that sports a DSLR-like design, but is actually a compact that sports a custom-designed CMOS sensor and which is capable of shooting 500 to 1,200 frames per second. More to it, the new Phantom Micro eX camera offerssuper-fast exposure times that go as low as two microseconds (1/500,000 second).

The Micro eX high-shooter comes with a 3.5-inch touchscreen, offers 640 x 480 or 800 x 600 resolutions (for the eX1, eX2 and the eX3, eX4 respectively), includes video frame rates from 500 fps to over 100,000 fps at a reduced resolution) and the ISO settings go up to ISO 1200 for color or ISO 4800 for monochrome.

With 1 GB, 2GB or 4GB built-in memory depending on the model you buy, yet with a CompactFlash card for expansion, the new Phantom Miro eX1 model is priced just below $10,000. Or you can always rent it for two days if you can let go of $750 to test it out.