The Phantom v1210 And v1610 Are The World's Fastest 1Mpx Digital High-Speed Cameras

The new Phantom v1210 digital high-speed camera is capable of capturing 12 Gpx/s of data from our proprietary CMOS sensor. That means at its full megapixel resolution of 1280 x 800 you can achieve 12,000 fps. Its more powerful sibling, the Phantom v1610, boasts 16 Gpx/s throughput and 16,000 fps at full resolution.

Both cameras are capable of frame rates of 650,000 fps at reduced resolution. With the FAST option, available for both cameras, frame rates of 1,000,000 fps are possible.

High throughput is important. At any given resolution, a camera with the highest throughput will provide the fastest frame rates at that resolution. Or, if your application requires a specific frame rate, you can achieve the highest possible resolution at that frame rate. High throughput means top performance and maximum flexibility to adapt to any shooting requirement.

The Phantom v1610 can be equipped with 24GB, 48GB or 96GB of high-speed memory. The Phantom v1210 can be equipped with 12GB, 24GB or 48GB of high-speed memory.

Minimize cine save times with the Phantom CineMag feature that is standard on both models. With the ability to save 1GB/s of data to an attached CineMag, a 96 GB shot on a v1610 can be saved in about 1.5 minutes.

The Phantom v1210 and v1610 are based on a Vision Research designed custom CMOS sensor. The 28 micron pixel size means high light sensitivity. Each pixel has a bit depth of 12 bits yielding 4,096 gray levels with high dynamic range. Each camera comes in monochrome and color versions.

Both cameras have a global electronic shutter capable of exposures as fast as 1 µs on a standard camera, or 500 ns with the export controlled FAST option, to truly "freeze motion" and eliminate motion blur in the most demanding of applications.

SOURCE: Vision Research, Inc.