Photron - High Speed Video Camera for Slow Motion Analysis

INFORMATION ON HIGH SPEED IMAGING

What is a High Speed Camera?
A high speed camera can record split second phenomenon at high frame rates, and then replays the images as super slow motion movie.

High Speed Camera System
FASTCAM SA1.1

How execute to record slow motion movie?
Regular video camera shoots 25 ~ 30 frames in a second. High speed cameras shoot more than that, from 60 frames to over 1,000,000 frames per second (fps), then play back at the regular (25 ~ 30 fps) frame rate. It records the phenomena which are lost between the frames of regular video cameras, and It enables observation of high speed phenomenon and events occurring in a fraction of a second. In other words, the high speed camera is a high sampling rate area optical sensor and recording system.





When is a High Speed Camera required? Where is it used?
High Speed Cameras are used in various fields; many are used at public/ private research institutes, universities, and research departments at industrial companies. For example, we often have a chance to watch the movie of car crash safety test. Not just for demonstration, researchers analyze the image data to better understand the interaction of the car and its occupants, and what part needs to be improved.

Car crash test