High-Speed Imager Captures Up to 148,000 Pictures per Second

March 7th, 2008

The Vision Research Phantom® V5.2 captures up to 1,000 pictures-per-second (pps) at full-resolution of 1152×896 and up to 148,000 pps at lower resolutions. It is available with either a monochrome CMOS sensor, which yields a sensitivity rated at ISO 2400, or a color CMOS sensor, which features an ISO of 600. As with all Vision Research Phantom digital high-speed cameras, sensitivity ratings are based on the ISO 12232 standard and are measured without the benefit of any noise reduction filtering which can alter the data in the image.

When shooting fast-moving objects, the Phantom V5.2 will capture crisp, blur-free images with a fast electronic shutter speed of 2µs. Additionally, the Phantom V5.2 captures images with amazing detail with up to 12-bits of grayscale information for each pixel. With a higher bit-depth, users can see details previously unseen in an image and gain insights that would otherwise be lost at lower bit-depths.

The V5.2 is controlled via Gigabit Ethernet from a PC or laptop and included Phantom software runs on Windows XP or Vista. Phantom software is used for camera set-up, control, as well as to review, edit and save high-speed images.

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