Seminar high-speed cameras in research: Speedy creatures and scattering crumbs

CAT-AgroFoodExperimental Zoology Group

Wageningen University & Research

pco.imaging

n 1100 fps @ full resolution 2016 x 2016 pixeln 12 bit dynamic rangen 4000 fps @ 1032 x 1024 pixel n color & monochrome image sensor versions availablen exposure time range 2 µs - 1 sn image memory in camera (camRAM up to 16 GB)n double shutter operationn GigE & USB2.0 data interfacesn multiple trigger interface optimized for automotive applicationsn DVI interfacen smart battery control (1h full operation or 6h data backup)

pco.dimaxdigital high speed 12 bitCMOS camera system

Resolution:1millionpixelsFramerate:13500fpsShutterspeed:>300nsLightsensitivity:ISO25.000Dynamicrange:12bit

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Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Stereoscopic high-speed camera system

Sensoruse:

Resolution:1millionpixelsFramerate:30fpsShutterspeed:33msPlayback:real-time

Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Take-off by a bloodfed malaria mosquito

Sensoruse:

Resolution:1millionpixelsFramerate:30fpsShutterspeed:33msPlayback:real-time

Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Take-off by a bloodfed malaria mosquito

Resolution:1millionpixelsFramerate:13,500fpsShutterspeed:74µsPlayback:450xsloweddown

Sensoruse:

Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Take-off by a bloodfed malaria mosquito

Resolution:500,000pixelsFramerate:25,000fpsShutterspeed:2.5µsPlayback:1000xsloweddown

Sensoruse:

Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Mosquitoes flap their wings at 600 Hz

Resolution:113,000pixelsFramerate:120,000fpsShutterspeed:350nsPlayback:4000xsloweddown

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Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Even faster movements in the natural world

Sphagnum moss: spore release at 36,000 g

Resolution:113,000pixelsFramerate:120,000fpsShutterspeed:350nsPlayback:4000xsloweddown

Sensoruse:

Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Sphagnum moss: spore release at 36,000 g

Shutter speed of 350 ns: IR backlight

Resolution:113,000pixelsFramerate:120,000fpsShutterspeed:350nsPlayback:4000xsloweddown

Sensoruse:

Photron Fastcam SA-X2

Shutter speed of 350 ns: IR backlight

Very low light conditions: Image intensifier

High-speed imaging of a single photon

Camera:pco dimax HS4Resolution:4millionpixelsFramerate:2,277fpsDynamicrange:12bit

Imageintensifier:LambertHiCATTIntensificationfactor:10,000x

GFP imaging in swimming zebrafish larvae