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Welcome to the August 2017 edgertronic™ Newsletter
You are receiving this newsletter because you purchased an edgertronic high-speed video camera or signed up at edgertronic.com and asked to be informed about edgertronic news and developments.
We have three exciting announcements to tell you about: The edgertronic SC2X,
Expert Digital Imaging, and Software Release 2.2.2
edgertronic SC2X camera - 1080p @ 1,910 fps
We're excited to announce the new edgertronic SC2X 1080p high speed camera. The SC2X is targeted at videographers, advertisers, artists and any other users that require high-speed video at full HD (1080p) resolution. The SC2X is a special purpose camera, available in limited quantities, and joins the SC1 and SC2/SC2+ product lines that we've been selling since 2013.
Here is our current product lineup:
- SC2X Color 16GB 1,910 fps @ 1080p $15,990.00
- SC2+ Color or Mono 16GB 4,456 fps @ 720p $12,990.00
- SC2 Color or Mono 8GB 3,350 fps @ 720p $9,990.00
- SC1 Color or Mono 8GB 701 fps @ 720p $5,495.00
Still not sure which camera to buy? Send us an email at info@edgertronic.com and we'll work with you to determine the best camera for your application. Lead-time on all our products, including the SC2X, is 1-2 weeks.
Expert Digital Imaging (EDI)
Expert Digital Imaging, Swampscott MA, is now an authorized edgertronic distributor.
EDI was founded by Matt Kearney who has 16 years of high-speed imaging experience. Matt has introduced high-speed video technology to broadcast television, won an Emmy Award in 2006, co-hosted Discovery Channel's popular TV series, Time Warp, and is a frequent guest lecturer at the annual MIT Edgerton Center high-speed imaging course.
In short, Matt and EDI bring valuable knowledge and expertise to the world of high-speed imaging and applications. Welcome aboard.
Customers can purchase edgertronic cameras either direct from edgertronic.com or through EDI at
expertdigitalimaging.com.
Software Version 2.2.2 - Please update your edgertronic
We've just released Software Version 2.2.2 which adds several new features since 2.1.7:
- Support for SC1, SC2, SC2+ and SC2X edgertronic cameras.
- Added Review before Saving interactive control of saved video start and end points.
- Fixed a defect where where displayed ISO values were lower than the actual photometric ISO.
- Added Video Overlay with frame numbers, settings, notes, logos and/or other user selectable fields on each video frame in the movie file.
- Significantly improved Live Preview latency and frame rate.
- Added user selectable file compression.
- After updating to version 2.2.0, or later, future updates will save the camera settings.
- Support for user supplied configuration files including encoding pipelines, user added URLs and camera code, and various network configuration files for network configuration, NTP, DNS, FTP, and multicast network trigger.
- Added saving and reloading favorite camera settings.
- Improved web U.I. response time when changing camera settings.
- Reduced time from post trigger buffer full until the next multishot can be triggered to <100ms.
- Improved SC2 and SC2+ image quality.
- Improved loading user supplied configuration files.
- Pipelines file can disable preview while saving to improve file save performance.
- Fixed a problem with SC2/SC2+ operation at very cold temperatures.
- Fixed defect moving status boxes in review mode.
- Improved overlay notes UI/UX.
- Fixed web UI defect if the cookie was in an unexpected format.
- Added keyboard control of Review Before Saving sliders.
To update your camera, go to: http://wiki.edgertronic.com/index.php/Software_releases and follow the instructions carefully. As always, our software updates are FREE!
edgertronic - A Better Camera, A Better Price
All of our cameras offer the professional quality and performance of the established brands at a fraction of the cost. How do we do it? We've combined exceptional engineering, state of the art manufacturing, and low overhead to make this possible. We're a different kind of company and think you'll enjoy this short video taken with an SC2+: https://vimeo.com/171262212
Customer Requested Features
The majority of our new software features start as customer requests. If you are using our camera and know of a feature you'd like us to consider adding, please email us at info@edgertronic.com. Video Overlay and Favorite Settings are examples of customer requested features.
Production and Delivery Time
Sales are increasing, but we're still holding delivery time to 1-2 weeks on standard configurations. Some options, like the IR Filter Delete, may take slightly longer.
User Videos
We know our users are doing amazing things with the edgertronic, and we'd love to see them. If you have a video you'd like to share, please let us know and we'll include it on our wiki page:
http://wiki.edgertronic.com/index.php/Websites_featuring_video_captured_using_edgertronic_camera.
Google Chrome
We do all of our testing with Google Chrome. It's free and it works. Just use it.
Color vs Monochrome
Need help deciding between color or monochrome? Please see the following:
http://wiki.edgertronic.com/index.php/Color_versus_monochrome.
Thanks from all of us at edgertronic
Mike
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