Blast shield for doing spciy tests?

[Husky_stuff]

Hello fellow slow motion nerds!

I have my first slow motion camera coming in tomorrow (A, new to me, Chronos 1.4) and I'm excited AF to start filming all kinds of random stuff in slow motion.
I would like to do some more spicy filming of some testing of an air cannon I made but I don't want my fancy new camera getting messed up with a ricochet or a fragment of something I'm testing to hit the camera.

I was thinking of building a box out of polycarbonate, like 0.500" thick or so but idk if I should make it airtight or have the back open and hope any fragment that bounced its way into the back of the PC box will have very little momentum left to mess shit up anyway?

What have other done to make sure their camera was safe for a test? I would love to have feed back as I'm a complete noob.

 

[hummingbirdography]

Hello fellow slow motion nerds!

I have my first slow motion camera coming in tomorrow (A, new to me, Chronos 1.4) and I'm excited AF to start filming all kinds of random stuff in slow motion.
I would like to do some more spicy filming of some testing of an air cannon I made but I don't want my fancy new camera getting messed up with a ricochet or a fragment of something I'm testing to hit the camera.

I was thinking of building a box out of polycarbonate, like 0.500" thick or so but idk if I should make it airtight or have the back open and hope any fragment that bounced its way into the back of the PC box will have very little momentum left to mess shit up anyway?

What have other done to make sure their camera was safe for a test? I would love to have feed back as I'm a complete noob.

Hey, welcome to the high speed club! It sounds like you're on the right track with your blast shield ideas. Here are some things to consider if you haven't already~

- The Chronos 1.4 and 2.1 image quality may vary as the sensor temperature changes, so it's important to allow ventilation, and best to wait for the temperature to stabilize before performing black calibration & then shooting.

- You might also want to include space to access to the camera's ports in your shield design, especially for AC power

- The HDMI and Ethernet connectors could be very helpful for remote controlling & monitoring the Chronos while it's inside your shield

I'm excited to see what you create with your Chronos 1.4!

 

[Husky_stuff]

All good info!

I'll build some fans into the PC box and make sure I drill a hole in the side thats just large enough for an ethernet cable to fit threw (i didnt know you could contorl the Chronos 1.4 with ethernet and a laptop!).