ROLLING SHUTTER?

Take all you think you know about HD, and turn it into the trash. After being a firm stalwart of 3 chip prism blocks, I have to say that the picture on the Phantom HD system that we've had in the Serengeti is nothing short of jawdropping.

The ropey picture of the Photron and such units have always left me unimpressed with high speed digital cameras, but the Phantom is a whole new ballgame. Even shot at 30p, it makes the f900 look, well, pedestrian. The fact that it can ramp up to 1000fps, obviously with a fast lens and enough light just adds to the effect.

You can see things in the picture that you just don't see with the naked eye, no compromise. Granted the unit is very expensive, but at the heart is a relatively simple single cmos chip. So what's wrong with a rolling shutter? Who wants to shoot lightening anyway?