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I had previously mentioned a cool Casio camera that could shoot high frames per second, and now it appears that
Casio is coming out with $300-$400 cameras that can do 1000fps for super slow motion. That plus 720P video (although I’d assume not both at once) might be too much to resist. Again, I’d want to try this out before just buying one which can be tricky nowadays. But the camera market had seemed a little stagnant (just adding more MP every year) and they have finally started latching on to some of the issues that make a difference.

Not sure if that other one was ever released?

Because it can capture full resolution images at such a high rate, when you half-press the button it starts continuously capturing them. Then when you do a full press it can record an image that was slightly in the past so you get the exact moment you wanted. Even better than 0 shutter delay, you get an effective -.1 second shutter delay to compensate for your reaction time.

Looks like the next couple of years are going to continue to be very cool for digital cameras. With 32GB+ SD cards coming out, high quality video, and more. The key thing about this Casio prototype is that it shows the industry moving past the mega-pixel race into things that really improve the pratical issues with photography.

Now if it can only capture decent low-light images… But I suspect that is too much to ask.

Casio has some demos out of a next generation camera that can shoot 60 frames per seconds at full 6 megapixels or 300 frames per second at normal high quality video. The demos look incredible. With 12x zoom I expect you will need a good tripod to have this work well even with the promised image stabilization. Still, it looks awesome.