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No wildlife today

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Beate.

A dog has to suffice. Dachshund taken at 600 fps with a Casio EX-F1. Here, Aurora, dachshund at femalebrains.com, is practising the “come” comand.

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HD720 with the Casio EX-F1

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Beate.

In short: suitable in good light!
Occasionally there are some visible artifacts, though not very pronounced (see examples below).

Example 1

Example 2
The two example images above each represent a downscaled full frame extracted from a HD720 clip. The insets are sub-regions of the respective frames at higher resolution. Some artifacts along edges are visible under careful inspection.
The [...]

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Part II - some high speed video

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Beate.

(using Revver and Wordpress for the first time and a totally new site, no idea how the movie display will work out; will edit if necessary)
Since I am mainly concerned with outdoor photography - flowers, bees, you name it - I searched for suited subjects in the woods.
How about earthworms? At 600 fps! To my [...]

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Out and about with the Casio EX-F1

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Beate.

Spring is finally coming to southern Norway, the ice has disappeared from hiking trails and it is time to venture out and catch the wildlife enjoying the new season.

Like woodpeckers stocking up on calories,

toads testing the ice free water,

and cows, ruminating their first fresh meal of the year.
A good opportunity to put the brand new [...]

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A camera geek’s dream

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Beate.

Part I - first outing

If there are two things I do not have, it is time and money. That’s very frustrating. To cheer myself up a little, I bought a Casio EX-F1 (pictured above, photo Casio) and got “out there” for a few relaxing hours. What can I say, the EX-F1 is a camera geek’s [...]

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Travelling with the Casio EX-F1

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Beate.

For a few days I will be travelling abroad. This time I will just take the Casio EX-F1!
However, I will probably be taking the Canon G9, too. The G9 is so small and light and it gives artefact free and high resolution still images, almost up to ISO 200. The EX-F1 does not deliver in [...]

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