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Chronos User Discussion / Re: New Pre-orders

« on: August 11, 2017, 04:23:31 PM »

As far as crowd-funding projects, I considered this one low-risk from he get-go.  I saw Dave's videos and prototypes before he launched the KS campaign.  Unfortunately, I funded the FPS1000 before the Chronos KS launched (~3 years ago).  In fact, it was the Tesla500 teardowns of Phantoms that got me interested in high-speed photography in the first place.  I just didn't know that Dave was planning on kickstarting this camera before I saw the FPS1000 campaign.

Regardless, I pulled the trigger yesterday.  I'm now an anxious pre-orderer. 

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Chronos User Discussion / Re: New Pre-orders

« on: August 09, 2017, 11:58:37 AM »

Thanks for the quick response.  I guess what I was driving at, and I think you answered it, is your latest batch of parts will be large enough to produce all current pre-orders, plus have some available for new pre-orders and maybe some stock?

Out of curiosity, how many production units have you made so far?

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Chronos User Discussion / New Pre-orders

« on: August 08, 2017, 05:58:54 PM »

I see that the pre-order page now says that orders are scheduled to ship at the end of August.  Is that still an accurate estimate?  Is that the timeframe where the store page will switch from pre-orders to just in-stock or BTO orders?

Also, are there plans in the works for a "next-gen" Chronos with a throughput higher than 1.4 Gp/s, or will there be quite a bit of time spent refining the software rather than working on hardware improvements? 

I really want to pull the trigger on one of these, but I'm a little gun-shy.  At the moment, I'm already 1000 GBP in the hole after Graham Rowan failed to deliver the FPS1000 after I made a deposit (I know...I know...I've seen the comparison between the low-end FPS1000 and Chronos.  I'm just bitter that I have neither my deposit back, nor a camera, no matter how crappy). 

Also, I have a near-term use for the Chronos at work, so a long delay may get me in hot water.  The alternative is to pay for a rental on a Phantom which would cost nearly as much as the Chronos (just for the rental), and would be overkill (don't need Phantom performance for the task at hand).