Slow Motion Cameras Australia

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" link="#808080" vlink="#808080" alink="#808080" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="600"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="header1"> <img border="0" src="images/appbanner.jpg" width="600" height="75"></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="3%" > </td> <td > <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b><i>Slow Motion Cameras Australia</i></b> sells a large range of high-speed cameras and other special purpose imaging products. We also have a small selection available for <a href="hire.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Equipment Hire'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">hire</a>.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p class="text">We provide imaging services throughout Australia and New Zealand in association with a number of specialist distribution companies, in particular <a target="toptwo" href="http://www.macsimage.com.au/">Measurement and Analysis Camera Systems</a> and Tx Technique. Based in Brisbane, we are active throughout Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New Zealand; we can also arrange services elsewhere in Australia.</td> <td width="200" valign="top"><img border="0" src="images/regionmap.gif" width="200" height="120"></td> </tr> </table> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Our <a href="products.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Products'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">product lines</a> include:</p> <ul> <li> <p class="text"> <a onMouseOver="window.status='Products'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true" href="products.html#ph">Photron</a> high-speed cameras and accompanying ruggedised computers, laptops and PCI expansion boxes</li> <li> <p class="text"> <a onMouseOver="window.status='Products'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true" href="products.html#ft"> <img border="0" src="images/fthire.gif" align="absbottom" width="180" height="13"></a> series cameras and accompanying notebook computers</li> <li> <p class="text">Motion analysis software</li> <li> <p class="text">Lenses, lights, tripods and various machine and gantry clamps and grip arms</li> <li> <p class="text">Other special purpose cameras</li> </ul> <p class="text"><span style="font-weight: 400">High-speed imaging cameras can be used in applications including manufacturing, mining, sport, research and defence. </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-style:italic">Sample high-speed video clips can be viewed under </span> <span style="font-style:italic"> <a href="applications.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Applications'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true"> Applications</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><span style="font-weight: 700"><i>Slow Motion Cameras Australia</i></span><span style="font-weight: 400"> combines digital imaging expertise with applications knowledge and experience to provide integrated systems for any purpose. To discuss your imaging needs, email </span> <a href="mailto:sales@slowmotion.com.au"> sales@slowmotion.com.au</a> or call Ridley Williams on mobile 0419 676 704.<img src="http://m1.nedstatbasic.net/n?id=AC9NqwkmhIy+oFlbiFtxDbGGoW8Q" border="0" width="1" height="1"><p class="text"> <p class="text">  </td> </tr> </table> </center> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="600"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="header1">Products</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td > </td> <td > <p class="header2"><a name="ph"></a>Photron High-End, High-Speed Cameras</p> <p class="text"> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber7"> <tr> <td width="330" class="text" valign="top"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod1.jpg" width="276" height="187"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td class="text" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron Ultima APX</b> -- up to 120 000 fps, 1024x1024 resolution at 2000 fps. Glorious colour HDTV images -- most popular high-end camera on the market! Equivalent ISO 1600 for monochrome with standard model. Photron Gigabit Optical Network, FireWire or Ethernet interface. Shock rated to 100 G.</p> <p class="text"> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/apx.pdf">PDF</a>]<p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="330" class="text" valign="top"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod2.jpg" width="250" height="211"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td class="text" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron Ultima APX i2</b> -- as above with high-performance gated image intensifier, achieving 10 000 times image intensifier gain.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/APXi2_Provisional.pdf">PDF</a>]</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="330" class="text" valign="top"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod2a.jpg" width="247" height="191"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td class="text" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron Ultima APX-RS </b> -- single unit APX capable of 1024x1024 resolution at <br> 3000 fps, 512x512 at 10 000 fps and a top speed of 250 000 fps. Best high-speed camera on the market! Shock rated to 100 G. </p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/APX-RS_PROVISIONAL.pdf">PDF</a>]</p> <p class="text"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class="text"><br>  </p> <p class="header2"><a name="ph2"></a>Photron PCI Cameras</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Cameras using high-speed PCI interface allow you to save images quickly and move onto the next shot.</b><br>  </p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber2"> <tr> <td width="330" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod3a.jpg" width="325" height="150"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron Fastcam-X 1024 PCI -- </b>up to 100 000 fps, 1024x1024 at 1000 fps, exceptional sensitivity and picture quality using the same CMOS chip as <br> the APX, exceptional user control over image parameters, F-mount or C-mount lenses. The ultimate research camera!<br> </p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/1024PCI_Provisional_Datasheet.pdf">PDF</a>]</p> <p class="text"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="330" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod3.jpg" width="290" height="172"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron Fastcam-X 512 PCI</b> -- up to 32 000 fps, 512x512 at 2000 fps, exceptional sensitivity and picture quality. C-mount lenses. The ideal research camera!</p> <p class="text"> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/fastcam_x_512_pci.pdf">PDF</a>]<p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="330" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod4.jpg" width="289" height="139"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron 1280 PCI Fastcam-X</b> -- up to 16 000 fps, 1280x1024 at 500 fps. F-mount or C-mount lenses.</p> <p class="text"> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/x1280pci.pdf">PDF</a>]<p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="330" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod5.jpg" width="276" height="124"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron Fastcam</b> <b>PCI </b> -- up to 10 000 fps, 512x480 at 250 fps. Small, versatile CCD camera, with good sensitivity. Ideal inexpensive solution for speeds up to 1000 fps.</p> <p class="text"> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/pci.pdf">PDF</a>]<p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="330" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header2">Photron FocusScope</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">All-in-focus microscope camera</p> <p class="text"> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber3"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod6.jpg" width="279" height="218"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Photron FocusScope</b> -- uses high-speed technology to produce 30 moving images per second, covering up to 100 microns depth of focus -- 30 times deeper focus than conventional microscopy cameras. Fits on any upright microscope with C-mount adaptor. Sample images available.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="http://www.photron.com/pdf/FocusScope_PROVISIONAL.pdf">PDF</a>]</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="text"><br> For pricing and sales, email <a href="mailto:sales@slowmotion.com.au"> sales@slowmotion.com.au</a>. Details of other Photron products can be found at <a href="http://www.macsimage.com.au/">Measurement and Analysis Camera Systems</a>.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header2"> <a name="ft"></a> <img border="0" src="images/fttitle.gif" align="absbottom" width="114" height="15"></p> <p class="text"> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber4"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod7.jpg" width="182" height="183"></p> <p class="text">  </p> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod7a.jpg" width="135" height="150"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/ftbold.gif" align="baseline" width="40" height="10"> <img border="0" src="images/tsbold.gif" align="baseline" width="99" height="10"> -- 640x480 resolution, models providing up to 250, 500 or 1000 fps. Inexpensive standalone, totally portable camera records 2184 frames or 4368 with enhanced memory; excellent image quality, downloads to USB 2.0 or fast Compact Flash.</p> <p class="text"><br> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/ftbold.gif" align="baseline" width="40" height="10"> <img border="0" src="images/tsbold.gif" align="baseline" width="99" height="10"><b> HR</b> -- 1280x1024 resolution up to 500 fps and reduced resolution up to 16 000 fps. With maximum memory, can record 3.5 minutes at 250 fps; totally portable, megapixel image quality, downloads to USB 2.0 or fast Compact Flash.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a href="forward1.html" onMouseOver="window.status=''; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">PDF</a>]</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/prod7b.jpg" width="275" height="265"></p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/prod7c.jpg" width="275" height="265"></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/ftbold.gif" align="baseline" width="40" height="10"> <img border="0" src="images/rbold.gif" align="absbottom" width="45" height="13"><b> --</b> built for mining and the military. Rugged construction <br> with fixed screen and dust-proofing for extreme conditions - 640x480 <br> resolution, models providing up to 250, 500 or 1000 fps. Totally portable <br> standalone camera records 2184 frames or 4368 with enhanced memory; <br> excellent image quality, downloads to USB 2.0 or fast Compact Flash.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/ftbold.gif" align="baseline" width="40" height="10"> <img border="0" src="images/rbold.gif" align="absbottom" width="45" height="13"><b> HR -- </b> built for mining and the military. Rugged construction <br> with fixed screen and dust-proofing for extreme conditions -1280x1024 <br> resolution up to 500 fps and reduced resolution up to 16 000 fps. With <br> maximum memory, can record 3.5 minutes at 250 fps; totally portable, <br> megapixel image quality, downloads to USB 2.0 or fast Compact Flash.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Data sheet [<a onMouseOver="window.status=''; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true" href="forward1b.html">PDF</a>]</p> <p class="text"><br> </p> <p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod10.jpg" width="270" height="171"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/ftbold.gif" align="baseline" width="40" height="10"> <img border="0" src="images/acbold.gif" align="absbottom" width="45" height="13"> -- multi-spectral camera for imaging crops and canopy; 1280x1024 green, red and near-infra-red, USB/RS232 interface; easy acquisition and analysis of data; see normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) within seconds; includes analysis and download software; available with GPS option <br> <br> Data sheet [<a href="forward3.html" onMouseOver="window.status=''; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">PDF</a>]<br>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod11.jpg" width="220" height="163"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/ftbold.gif" align="baseline" width="40" height="10"> <img border="0" src="images/mcbold.gif" align="baseline" width="62" height="10"> -- 1280x1024 CMOS microscope camera with standard C-mount. Acquire high-resolution images easily and economically from phase contrast and dissecting microscopes; USB port powers camera and displays image on host computer using camera software; 3 models -- colour, monochrome or near infra-red<br> <br> Data sheet [<a href="forward4.html" onMouseOver="window.status=''; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">PDF</a>]<br>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod12.jpg" width="271" height="191"></p> <p class="text"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><img border="0" src="images/ftbold.gif" align="baseline" width="40" height="10"> <img border="0" src="images/ecbold.gif" align="baseline" width="67" height="10"> -- all weather digital camera, sealed aluminium enclosure, 1280x1024 or 640x480 colour or monochrome CMOS sensor, JPEG or loss-less output, USB and RS-232 interface; download and control software for host PC<br> Applications: Power line and road condition monitoring, and high image-quality surveillance<br> <br> Data sheet [<a href="forward5.html" onMouseOver="window.status=''; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">PDF</a>]<br>  </td> </tr> </table> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">For pricing and sales, email <a href="mailto:sales@slowmotion.com.au">sales@slowmotion.com.au</a>. </p> <p class="text"><br>  </p> <p class="header2">Computers and Accessories</p> <p class="text"> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber5"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/laptop.jpg" width="187" height="156"><p class="text">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>ITC notebook computers</b> -- high-quality, reliable, excellent value, service agreement, delivered Air Express anywhere in Australia. Design your own notebook, with form factors from 12"  wide-screen to 17" wide-screen. </p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"> For customer access to ITC web site and prices, email <a href="mailto:ITC@slowmotion.com.au">ITC@slowmotion.com.au</a></p> <p class="text"> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber6"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <p class="text"> <img border="0" src="images/prod8.jpg" width="272" height="227"><p class="text">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>PCI expansion box</b> for notebook computer -- takes PCI camera card plus up to 200 GB HDD; 12v/240v. Requires 32-bit PCMCIA CardBus slot in notebook.</p> <p class="text"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <img border="0" src="images/prod9.jpg" width="271" height="295"><p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"><p class="text"> <p class="text"> <b>Self-contained transportable computer</b> -- camera, keyboard and mouse, all in one box with Pentium-4 computer. Seen here with sun-readable flat panel display (1750 nits brightness); computer and screen float on silicone shock-mounts; available with padded transportation case.</td> </tr> </table> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">For details, prices and sales, email <a href="mailto:sales@slowmotion.com.au">sales@slowmotion.com.au</a>.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header2">Other Products</p> <ul> <li> <p class="text"><b>Accessories</b> -- lenses, lights (including infra-red), monitors, tripods and various machine and gantry clamps and grip arms</p> </li> <li> <p class="text"><b>Analysis software</b> -- Photron Motion Tools, <a href="http://www.xcitex.com/">Xcitex</a> MiDAS, <a href="http://www.imagesystems.se/">Image Systems</a> TrackEye/Tema, and the lower cost <a href="http://www.innovision-systems.com/">Innovision Systems</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="text"><b>Image Systems TrackEye</b> -- high-resolution digital film scanner for 16/35mm cine film; 3 versions -- 10 bit monochrome, 6000 pixels across 35mm frame, 2600 across 16mm frame; 12 bit colour, 4000 pixels across 35mm and 2600 across 16mm, or 10 bit colour, 2000 pixels across 35mm frame. CCD camera digitises to a 256-level grey scale, and all reference marks and time codes outside the image area are recorded. <a href="http://www.imagesystems.se/">More information</a>; data sheet [<a href="http://www.imagesystems.se/pdf/scan.pdf">PDF</a>]</p> </li> </ul> <p class="text">For details, prices and sales, email <a href="mailto:sales@slowmotion.com.au">sales@slowmotion.com.au</a>.</p> </td> </tr> </table></center> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="600"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p class="header1">Applications</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td > </td> <td > <p class="text">The human eye cannot see faster than 1/10 second. Even at 5 events per second, it is difficult to follow what is happening.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text"><b>Slow motion/high-speed cameras can help you to:</b></p> <ul> <li> <p class="text">Solve production problems -- many production lines run at less than optimum speed because of unsolved maintenance problems</li> <li> <p class="text">Simplify adjustment and maintenance -- if you can see it, you will fix it sooner</li> <li> <p class="text">Speed up production, reduce wastage, lower costs</li> </ul> <p class="text"><b>Halve your wastage and you may save $ millions per year!</b> [<a target="toptwo" href="http://www.fastecimaging.com/calc.html">More Information</a>]</p> <blockquote> <p class="text"><i><font size="3" color="#CC0000">High-speed cameras are now used extensively in Australian factories, universities and research facilities, the Australian Institute of Sport, Department of Defence, and in automotive crash testing.</font></i></p> </blockquote> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header2">Manufacturing and Printing</p> <p class="text"><br> High-speed digital cameras now provide for inexpensive troubleshooting of manufacturing machinery and printing processes. Our cameras permit quick, accurate diagnostics and adjustment of equipment, and are able to monitor intermittent trouble spots, continually storing recent images in a solid-state memory buffer. When an incident occurs, the unit can be stopped manually by an operator, or by an external trigger (contact closure or TTL). Automatic download software is also available. [<a target="toptwo" href="http://www.fastecimaging.com/app_notes.html">More Information</a>]</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header3">Video Clips</p> <ul> <li> <p class="text"> Safety film application fault (<a href="videos/bottlelo.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Safety film application fault (low resolution)'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">MPEG1 low resolution</a>, file size 304 kb, <a href="videos/bottlehi.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Safety film application fault (high resolution)'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">MPEG1 high resolution</a>, file size 2089 kb)</li> <li> <p class="text"> <a href="videos/mig.html" onMouseOver="window.status='MIG welding splatter'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">MIG welding spatter</a> (MPEG1, file size 117 kb)</li> </ul> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header2">Mining and Explosives</p> <p class="text"><br> High-speed cameras can be mounted up to 3 kilometres back from a blast site or close in, enclosed in a safe housing, and view the explosion through a sacrificial mirror. Detonator timings can be checked, as well as movement of the ore face, and the velocity of stemming ejections can be calculated.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header3">Video Clip</p> <ul> <li> <p class="text"> <a href="videos/mining.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Open cut mining'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true"> Open cut mining</a> (MPEG1, file size 299 kb)</li> </ul> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header2">Sports</p> <p class="text"><br> Athletes and coaches can perform detailed analysis of running style, kicking, throwing, bowling, golf swing, tennis strokes, tumble turns, et cetera. An image of the athlete�s style can be compared, side-by-side with that of an exemplary champion. For biomechanics research, camera images can be locked to other simultaneous data input devices such as force plates.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header3">Video Clips</p> <ul> <li> <p class="text"> <a href="videos/golf.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Golf ball'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">Golf ball</a> -- note incorrect club-to-ball contact (MPEG1, file size 44 kb)</li> <li> <p class="text"> <a href="videos/runner.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Runner'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true"> Runner</a> -- poor style causing lower back stress -- note unnatural "inline" placement of feet (MPEG1, file size 355 kb)</li> </ul> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header2">Research</p> <p class="text"><br> Research can range from improving MIG welding or burning metals in several atmospheres of oxygen, to viewing the behaviour of blood corpuscles in an artificial heart pump; or studying the way crabs walk, or birds and insects fly. Many new areas of research open up when you can observe what is happening at high speeds. Displacement and velocity can be accurately measured, and it is also possible to observe what happens in the dark by using an infra-red strobe light.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="header3">Video Clip</p> <ul> <li> <p class="text"> <a href="videos/eye.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Human eye'; return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">Human eye</a> (lit by infra-red strobe) -- pupil responds to visible light; see reflection in eye of strobe and eye-light; note pupil "hunting" in the dark; reaction time can be calculated  (MPEG1, file size 173 kb)</li> </ul> <p class="header2">Notes</p> <p class="header2"> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber8"> <tr> <td width="50%"> <p class="header3">Frame-rate versus shutter speed</p> <p class="text"> </p> <p class="text">Think of <b>frame rate</b> as the number of samples per second required to observe an action or process. We try to keep the frame rate as low as possible without compromising the observation. <b> Blurring</b>, on the other hand, is controlled by <b>shutter speed</b>. Again, we keep the shutter speed as slow as possible, but often have to shorten it because of image blurring. A shutter speed of 1/1000 second is typical. Of course, shorter shutter speeds require more light. <b>The examples to the right have shutter speeds of 1/2000 sec (above) and 1/16 000 sec (below).</b></p> <p> </td> <td width="50%"> <img border="0" src="images/golf.jpg" width="350" height="308"></td> </tr> </table> <p class="header3"><br> Colour verses monochrome cameras</p> <p class="text"><br> The typical PAL video camera exposes at 1/50 second, whereas the typical high-speed camera exposes at 1/1000 second or faster: thus sensitivity is a major issue for high-speed cameras. Colour cameras usually require 6 to 8 times more light than the equivalent monochrome camera, because the colour camera requires an infra-red exclusion filter behind the lens to balance image colour. Unless colour is essential to your analysis, a monochrome camera is recommended.</p> <p class="text"> </p> <blockquote> <p class="text"><i><font size="3" color="#CC0000">Over the past ten years, high-speed digital cameras have revolutionised research, industrial trouble-shooting, sports coaching and sports medicine alike. Slow Motion Cameras Australia combines expertise and experience in each of the areas discussed above with the latest high-speed imaging equipment to meet the requirements of the most demanding applications. Camera solutions range in price from Au$11 000 to $120 000 (+GST). 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