Phantom HD : High Speed Digital Cinematography Camera

Vision Research introduces the Phantom HD. A camera specifically designed to address the demanding needs of the digital cinematographer.

• On-camera control for both frame rate and exposure
• 555 fps Full resolution
• User selectable 8-, 10-, 12-, or 14-bit image depth
• 256 or 512 Gigabyte “Hot-Swappable” non-volatile Flash magazine w/docking station
• ViewFinder port with component video, plus HD-SDI

This new Phantom is not just a high-speed camera, but an instrument that gives the cinematographer 35mm depth of field either at HD or 2K resolutions! The Phantom HD now combines the visual quality of high-definition imaging with the high frame rates of specialty cameras.

Whether your imaging needs encompass broadcasts of rapidly moving sports events, the production of commercials, a music video, an award-winning documentary, monitoring a rocket launch, or possibly you are an innovative cinematographer working on a special film project that needs “a new look” to tell the story, the flexibility and virtually limitless control of the HD will provide you with outstanding results.

The Phantom HD allows you to select any frame rate from 1 to 1,000 fps in increments of one frame per second at HD resolution. Shift the frame rate a little and move the scene to a slightly future viewpoint. Or shift the frame rate a lot and move the scene to some long passing moment in time. With the Phantom camera’s shutter, variable to 1/500,000 second, and radically adjustable framing rates, you have seamless control of the duration, speed and time of a story element.

The HD can be configured for “live” broadcast or studio production and has a continuous video output that includes HD (720p, 1080p, 1080i) standards. Multiple triggering and recording modes can also be tailored to your application.

The Phantom HD arrives with 8 Gigabytes of internal memory standard, 16 Gigabytes as an option. But this is just the start of methods we provide to store your work. Take advantage of the hot-swappable non-volatile solid state recorders — our Phantom CineMags. These low profile modules (available early 2007) mount snugly to the top of the camera body and store 256 or 512 Gigabytes each. When one of these storage magazines is filled, its CineDock station allows downloading of the images to a PC running the Phantom application.