What is a high speed camera? Easily explained

In addition to film and television, high-speed cameras are mainly used in science. In the "Simply explained" section, we show you clearly where the camera is used and how it works.

High-speed camera simply explained - function and uses

• A high-speed camera is used wherever processes have to be recorded, which are either of very short duration or take place very quickly.
• In addition to slow motion for film and television, entertaining reactions in science are recorded in order to make them visible and to be able to analyze them better.
• In principle, a high-speed camera works similarly to a conventional camera. However, while these cameras record 20-30 frames per second, high-speed cameras film countless frames per second.
• Depending on the intended use, a high-speed camera takes hundreds to thousands of pictures per second. To display slow motion, 1000-4000 frames per second are shot.
• However, the number of frames per second is not limited. Scientific cameras can take several million frames per second to record sequences that last only microseconds or milliseconds.