Photron News

  1. Photron Limited Of Japan Announces Acquisition Of Photonic Lattice, Inc. 12/2/2020

    Photron Limited, a world leader in high-speed imaging technology, and a subsidiary of the Imagica Group, has announced the acquisition of all shares of Photonic Lattice, Inc. a pioneer in the photonic crystal technology widely employed in optical telecommunications and polarization imaging.

  2. Versatile High Performance High-Speed Camera System 4/13/2020

    Photron USA, Inc. of San Diego introduces the FASTCAM NOVA S16, the newest and fastest member of our FASTCAM NOVA high-speed camera series. The FASTCAM NOVA S16 brings together unique CMOS image sensor technologies and extensive high-speed digital imaging expertise that provide the camera with the flexibility to be used in a wide variety of applications. The FASTCAM NOVA S16 offers 12-bit image recording rates up to 16,000 frames per second (fps) at megapixel image resolution, and shutter speeds to 0.2μs. 

  3. High-Speed 2D Polarization Camera For Measurement Of Stress In Transparent And Semi-Transparent Materials And Fluids 11/8/2018

    High-speed cameras have become an established tool in the modern workplace. Their ability to record at hundreds or thousands of frames per second for subsequent slow motion replay and analysis has made them an important tool for applications such as ballistics, materials testing, automotive safety testing, and fluidics. Their capabilities are significantly increased when they are coupled with innovative non-contact measurement techniques such as digital image correlation (DIC) to provide invaluable information as to what is occurring on the surface of a solid, or through particle image velocimetry (PIV) in a seeded fluid or gaseous flows. 

  4. Versatile High Performance High-Speed Camera System 8/15/2018

    Photron USA, Inc. of San Diego has launched a new versatile, high performance high-speed camera system. The FASTCAM NOVA brings together unique CMOS image sensor technologies and extensive high-speed digital imaging expertise that provide the camera with the flexibility to be used in a wide variety of applications. Available in three different models, the NOVA offers 12-bit image recording rates up to 12,800 frames per second (fps) at megapixel image resolution, and shutter speeds less than 300 nanoseconds.  Recording rates to 1,000,000fps are available at reduced image resolutions.  All of these things are available from a camera that is rugged, compact, lightweight and provides the best light sensitivity in its class. 

  5. Photron’s FASTCAM Mini AX, UX, And WX High Speed Cameras Have Double The Memory At 32GB 6/10/2016

    ­­­­­Photron, Inc. recently announced the new 32GB memory option for the FASTCAM Mini AX, FASTCAM Mini UX, and FASTCAM Mini WX High Speed Camera Systems. The new memory option is doubled at 32GB; other memory options still available are 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB. Photron’s recently introduced product families are also renowned for their remarkable light sensitivity.

  6. Photron’s Mega-Pixel FASTCAM Mini AX200 Has Industries’ Highest Light Sensitivity 10/13/2015

    Photron Inc. recently introduced the FASTCAM Mini AX200 High Speed Camera System. This new high-speed video camera features superior light sensitivity of ISO 40,000 monochrome and 16,000 color. The system also offers 1,024 x 1,024 pixel resolution at up to 6,400 frames per second and up to 900,000 frames per second at reduced resolution.

  7. Photron’s FASTCAM Mini AX100 Camera System Features Superior Light Sensitivity 9/4/2015

    Photron Inc. recently introduced the new FASTCAM Mini AX 100 featuring unparalleled light sensitivity and low noise performance. This new camera is capable of achieving ISO 40,000 for monochrome and ISO 16,000 for color. Applications include on-board and off-board automotive safety testing, defense/aerospace research, biomechanics, material sciences, fluidics (PIV), and life sciences.

  8. Photron’s New High-Speed Camera With Unsurpassed Light Sensitivity - FASTCAM Mini AX50 7/28/2015

    Photron, Inc. recently introduced the new FASTCAM Mini AX50. This high-speed camera has pixel resolution at 1,024 x 1,024 at up to 2,000 frames per second. The Mini AX50 also features superior light sensitivity for shorter shutter speeds, and greater depths of field.

  9. Photron Introduces Compact & Affordable, High-Speed, 4-Megapixel HD Camera: FASTCAM Mini WX 50 5/27/2015

    Photron, Inc. recently announced the FASTCAM Mini WX 50 as the new addition to the FASTCAM Mini WX Series. The new video camera can capture up to 750 frames per second at full four mega-pixel resolution and true 1080 HD performance to 1,500 frames per second. The new FASTCAM is cost-effective for targeted high-speed imaging applications such as biomechanics, life sciences, automotive safety testing, and much more.

  10. Photron Introduces Compact HD High Speed 4-Megapixel Camera - FASTCAM Mini WX 100 5/6/2015

    Photron, Inc. has introduced their high-definition (HD), FASTCAM Mini WX100. This new 4-megapixel, high-speed video camera is designed for operation in high shock and vibration environments, such as High-G automotive safety testing and high-speed military testing. It is also ideal for use in a wide variety of high-speed scientific and industrial imaging applications.