the camera itself costs about £50,000 and can record 2,000 frames per second. it's called the photron Ultima. cost to hire depends on the owner. It's an amazing piece of kit.

thanks craig, i liked your video for "ghosts". Looks like the Hair are getting somewhere. Always good to meet others film makers in Leeds. :)

I totally agree, more can be done and is being done. My second try with this camera was used to make a music video for a Leeds band Vessels. The scene is a a serene picnic which turns into a foodfight, which looks great in slowmotion. I'm editing it now and it should be up this week. great feedback, thanks x

hi martin,
The camera is attached to a harddrive, which records to a laptop from there. The footage is stored as individual TIFF files, (which take up massive amounts of space, 3gig for 30 seconds sometimes depending on frame rate). A bit of a workflow nightmare, but working for this competition has given me a better handle on the equipment. :)

You can change the frame size while shooting. There are many ways the camera records. TIFF gives the best resolution, but you can save as AVI. Only problem is files will normally be too big to move (over 5gig). Using final cut i nest a sequence with TIFF's into my working timeline. however when doing a bigger project i found my computer couldn't cope (it's a quad intel power mac with 6gig ram!!!) so it's best to export the TIFF's as apple proRES HD. hope that helps. :)