Any Experience With Shot Vision

[MrMizuno]

What, if any, experience with the Shot Vision has the forum had? I am contemplating using this app and would like opinions, both bad and good. Thank you, MrMizuno

[Cory O]

I tried the free version with low expectations and it honestly didn't even meet those. As much as I would love for my phone to be able to be a launch monitor, I think it is simply impossible with current technology. An iPhone camera shoots at 60 frames per second, but a golf ball is going to be moving over 150 feet per second (that's only around 100mph ball speed). The viewing area of the phone camera with how Shot Vision recommends is probably only about five feet, so even that slow ball is passing through in about 1/30th of a second, or at best 2 frames. Shot Vision is trying to base EVERYTHING on the difference captured in those two frames. That is never going to give accurate enough info to be usable IMO. Cheap(ish) launch monitors use doppler radar to collect data. High speed camera based monitors are things like the GC Quad which cost $10k+. I know that my iPhone can't really emulate that.

[MrMizuno]

I see, thanks Cory, MrMizuno.