Photron, Inc. introduces the small, lightweight FASTCAM Mini UX100 high speed camera. The one-piece high speed imager provides 1,280 by 1,024 pixel resolution to 4,000 frames per second, 720 high-definition resolution (1,280 by 720 pixels) to 6,400 fps, and reduced resolution operation up to 800,000 frames per second.
The global electronic shutter operates down to 1 microsecond to provide blur-free, B&W imagery with 12-bit pixel depth (36-bits for the color version). Light sensitivity is ISO 12232 Ssat certified at 8,000 ISO 12-bit monochrome; 4,000 ISO for the 36-bit color version.
Photron’s camera comes in a 120 by 120 by 90 mm package, and weighs 1.5 Kg. It is available with three onboard memory options up to 16 gigabytes, and is suitable for life sciences, biomechanics, off-board automotive imaging, fluidics, and ballistics testing.
The FASTCAM Mini UX1000 CMOS sensor features 10-micron square pixels, and the camera includes a Gigabit Ethernet interface, up to 64 available memory partitions, F-mount (G-type lens compatible) and C-mount lens mounts, and a trigger mode that offers start, center, end, manual, and random control.