This may very well be just an updated first generation Phantom HD Gold 2K Camera. It is however, same as it was on the day of its release, a very capable tool for high speed image acquisition. At its current rental price point its a no-brainer choice for tight budget shoots.

Phantom HD Gold 2K Camera from Vision research is a first of its kind ultra high speed camera designed and dedicated for the Film-making industry. It is capable of slowing down the footage a whopping forty times. This super slow motion effect can be used not only in commercials, but also in feature films as well as a large variety of scientific projects.

The Phantom HD Gold 2K Camera is able to register footage at a greater resolution than its official name would suggest – 2K at close to 1000 frames per second. It is available at High Speed Rental with the PL mount.

At the most commonly used resolution of 2040 x 1156 pixel it offers a field of view and depth of field of a super 35 mm sensor. The high speed camera registers a colour image in Cine raw file format. The 32GB of the built in memory allows to record over 8 seconds of high speed footage at 1050 fps at FullHD resolution taking nearly 6 minutes to playback at 25p. On top of that a continuos recording of slow motion footage directly to the CineMag II memory card is possible as well (rented out separately)The camera can deliver a square 1:1 image proportion footage so commonly used on social media platforms. The sensor is a 2048 x 2048 px at which sensor size the camera is capable of capturing roughly 550 frames per econd. The camera has been equipped with an unprecedented 14 bit colour depth sensor which makes the captured footage both beautiful and unique.

It is said that many of the DOPs that worked with the entire range of Phantom cameras prefers the HD Gold 2K captured image over what the newer Phantom camera models are able to register

High speed cameras from Vision Research are being rented out with our highly qualified crew only. To be able to use the full cameras potential both knowledge and expertise is needed. Because of that the camera is always rented out with a technician responsible for proper camera operations as well as seamless data transfer.

The main competitors to the Phantom HD Gold 2K Camera are the Phantom Flex 2K as well as the Phantom Miro LC320S FullHD cameras. Renting either of those out is noticeably more expensive though. Each of the cameras is dedicated to a slightly different kind of shooting scenario.

The Phantom Miro LC321S is the smallest VRI camera. Dedicated for the sort of shooting that has to have a small gear weight as well as the ease of use. Freeride in high speed? This the camera for you. Its nearly as easy to operate as Sony Handycam camcorders. The downside is that at 16×9 frame aspect ratio it records only FullHD resolution. The Phantom HD Gold 2K Camera beats it here giving the user at 16:9 2080×1156 px so 107% FullHD either side. The 330 000 additional pixels may prove quite useful in post production. The Miro LC321S also offers a lower bit depth as well as a smaller sensor, similar in size to micro 4/3 which is not without its influence to the captured image characteristics. As for the Flex 2K, its ergonomy is very nearly identical to the Phantom HD Gold 2K Camera. It however offers both, a greater resolution as well as higher image sensitivity.

These advantages come at a premium though.If you are after a 4K resolution high speed footage acquisition, than the Phantom Flex 4K as well as the VEO 4K are also available with our High Speed Cameras Rental.