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toyfel
04-29-2009, 11:37
Quite remarkable development

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090429/full/news.2009.412.html
raid
04-29-2009, 13:07
I agree. I just read the news on bbc.com.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025211.stm
Brian Sweeney
04-29-2009, 13:15
163 nanoseconds per frame. WOW! 6 Million Frames Per Second. That is almost 4 times faster than the fastest 35mm camera that I've had my hands on. But it was made in 1960.
raid
04-29-2009, 13:22
Brian,
Which camera did you try?
Brian Sweeney
04-29-2009, 13:54
Beckman and Whitley framing camera. Helium Turbine Motor Drive. It's an SLR. And it is very, very big.
chris00nj
04-29-2009, 14:25
Beckman and Whitley framing camera. Helium Turbine Motor Drive. It's an SLR. And it is very, very big.

I thought you were being sarcastic with your 1st post!
Brian Sweeney
04-29-2009, 15:14
The advantages of working in a Research Lab. This camera was bought in 1960 for $120,000. Beckman and Whitley cameras are still in use, and this one was being refurbished. The Helium Turbine is used to spin a prism, which is used to expose the stationary strip of 35mm film. It is layed out on a Drum, and each frame is illuminated with a fast strobe light synchronized to the spinning prism.
Kevin
04-29-2009, 15:22
Some applications that may benefit from the approach include observing the communication between cells, or the activity of neurons.

.......:bang:
charjohncarter
04-29-2009, 15:25
I couldn't tell does this camera have a lens?
Brian Sweeney
04-29-2009, 15:54
Sounds like a pigtailed photo-detector on the end of a fiber with a 6Mhz A/D convertor, and a bunch of them running in parallel. So if the fiber bundle is run to a camera back such as an NPC Polaroid Camera Back for the Nikon F2,

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-F2-Polaroid-camera-back_W0QQitemZ290312421654QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFilm_ Cameras?hash=item290312421654&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Then each pigtailed fiber run to the A/D convertor, set the Nikon F2 to "T", hit the data acquisition button- Whammo. Hook up a frame buffer and the solid state recorder.