How Phantom Cameras are made

Gav pays a visit to the lovely folks at Vision Research to see where the world's Phantom cameras are made.
Thanks to Phiroze, Toni and everyone else at Vision Research for letting me see behind the scenes.

[shaddowrealm]

Despite the seriousness of this "documentary", Gav still finds time to make a "knob" joke. Well done.

[oboe_hobo]

"After that if we're feeling adventurous we might do a couple with red food dye."
Wow, calm down. You madman.

[NinjaPups]

Fascinating video dude. Watching "how it's made" was always a favorite of mine and this is just as cool. This second channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites

[GeofDumas]

All this explains the pricing. Seriously impressive engineering

[jbeardy]

That guy knows his stuff. I could listen to him all day

[hvanmegen]

Look at the toolbelt on that guy.. instant respect :P

[tobywinarto]

2:58 "Wet and ready to receive" XD Phantom knows what's up

[RightHearted]

Can you film the lens of a phantom with another phantom to see how quick the shutter goes

[Crobisaur]

Manufacturing tours are always satisfying to watch.

[jeremyscott]

This was the most interesting thing I've seen all fucking year

[Dolkarr]

I'd love to see a "how it works" video about the Phantoms. What is different from a regular camera to allow it to film at such high speeds? How does it mitigate noise from the very low exposure? Does it do any post processing like filtering the noise over several frames? What is the limiting factor for being able to shoot at even higher speeds? The resolution / fps trade-off Gavin mentioned a few times makes me believe it's the post processing or I/O bandwidth, rather than any optical limitation of the sensor.

[keithbillings]

i bet gav was like a superstar there. it would be an NBA player showing up at a local park and ballin with the locals

[lcephoenix]

Super cool! Thank you for "taking us with you".

[John-ewov]

This is the most Smarter Every Day video you've made, and I love it!

[braedenamor]

I love how parts of some of the most advanced cameras in the world are made using stencils

[crimsonstang]

Nice video. These cameras are absolutely gorgeous.

[elizabethmanion]

I love that you can tell just how excited Gav was through this whole thing. It was like watching a kid go to Disney for the first time!

[alias]

Informative and professional. Well done Gavin, and thanks for sharing!

[alicialm]

He's so clearly excited about it, it makes it so much nicer to watch when someone's passionate about something

[ImOuijaa]

Very nice of them to let you record this and share it with us