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rikj
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8 years ago

This looks to be a bit of an oddball, but mentioned as it's the first camera I've seen which says it's aimed at cavers (among others). Obviously for cavers, read mine explorers.

https://www.dpreview.com/news/1395818655/a-shot-in-the-dark-casio-launches-1-9mp-ex-fr110h-for-ultra-low-light-photography

Bit academic at the moment, as initially only available in Asia. Water, drop and dust proof.

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MineMan1865
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8 years ago

I've been keeping my eye on this. Anyone have any good hot takes for the joester (me 😎 ) would luv feedback if anyone has used it.

dave_the_cave
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8 years ago

Extra large pixels - but only 2M pixels

Other factors are important for low light too! Particularly as a lens scales the image to fit the sensor

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john_cribbin
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8 years ago

That is a bit of an odd ball for sure.

I know an SLR is not the most convenient piece of kit to take underground. But these days the entry level Nikon D3400 with 24 meg pixels gives an ISO up to 25000. That tiddler is only one stop faster in reality.

Stick a 1.8 lens on an SLR and it all balances out.

Have to say there is something to be said for using an SLR underground wrapped in a carrier bag and elastic bands trying to keep the moisture and dust at bay ....

RAMPAGE
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8 years ago

I do like the look of that but it's an asia-only product for some dumb reason.

I have a few Nikon DSLR's and find them pretty poor in low light. Yes you can open them up with fast lenses (fastest prime I have is a 1.4) but the quality drops off. I try not to ever go slower than about F8 (ideally F11 - F16) to get the best from the glass.

Not that I do much underground photography these days...

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dave_the_cave
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8 years ago

I found a review of the camera

http://www.hispeedcams.com/casio-ex-fr110h-goes-full-night-vision/

There are interesting comments at the bottom of the page of dpreview

https://www.dpreview.com/news/1395818655/a-shot-in-the-dark-casio-launches-1-9mp-ex-fr110h-for-ultra-low-light-photography

Caver turned quarry explorer

Willy Eckerslyke
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8 years ago

"RAMPAGE" wrote:
I have a few Nikon DSLR's and find them pretty poor in low light.

This is where full frame sensors really come into their own. At a price of course. And with the weight of the average house brick.

That Casio does look interesting but I'd have thought it better marketed as an alternative to infrared for nature photography. Add a sensor to turn it into a trail-cam and it might find a useful niche. No good in total darkness of course.

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NewStuff
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8 years ago

"RAMPAGE" wrote:

I do like the look of that but it's an asia-only product for some dumb reason.

I have a few Nikon DSLR's and find them pretty poor in low light. Yes you can open them up with fast lenses (fastest prime I have is a 1.4) but the quality drops off. I try not to ever go slower than about F8 (ideally F11 - F16) to get the best from the glass.

Not that I do much underground photography these days...

When you do get time, watch you don't run into diffraction using smaller apertures. Most glass is sharpest 2 or so stops from wide open. Every lens is different.

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Paul Marvin
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8 years ago

Olympus TG4 ( if you can find one everybody is out of stock )

:(

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