There is a well documented desire in the scientific research, development and
test community to supplement and replace high speed film cameras with electronic
imaging systems where immediate results are needed. Examples of the development of
commercially practical systems were demonstrated by the Spin Physics SP-2000, and
Ektapro 1000 as well as medium speed systems from NAG of Japan. LHESA of France has
recently anounced the development of a new high speed system capable of 2000 frames
per second-. Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio has developed a
prototype of a high speedA low resolution, self triggering system (64 by 64 at
11,000 frames per second)L. All of the systems are constrained by two common
problems: limited resolution and light sensitivity, as compared with traditional
film and conventional video type instrumentation systems. Incremental advances have
been made to improve the light sensitivity and operational utility of the current
generation systems. Among these improvements have been the image intensified
Ektapro and Solid tate storage module both from Spin Physics (Motion Analysis Division of Kodak.
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