Photron announced that it’s Fastcam SA1 will be used at the Olympic Games in Bejing. Capable of over 5,000 full frames per second (fps) at mega pixel (1K x 1K) resolution, the brand new CMOS sensor provides true twelve bit pixel depth and is now capable of reduced resolution faster than 650,000 fps!
Eventhough the innovation step is just an incremental one I really recommend to watch this video. Another proof for the good old saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words!” And now you may guess how cool it might be if there are 5,000 pictures every second – in contrast to 5 million words 
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High Speed Camera of Balloon Full Of Water Popped
