Author Topic: World's fastest camera  (Read 817 times)

Francois

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,758
World's fastest camera
« on: October 16, 2018, 02:57:59 PM »
Not on the usual film photography subject, but still interesting none the less.
A local university (where I used to study) just invented the fastest camera in the world.
It's a "movie" camera that shoots at 10 trillion frames per second!
And besides, I just felt like rooting for the home team ;)
https://petapixel.com/2018/10/15/the-worlds-fastest-camera-can-shoot-10-trillion-frames-per-second/

But you won't see one of these anytime soon since it's just for lab use...
Francois

Film is the vinyl record of photography.

zapsnaps

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 730
  • Get Zapped!
    • http://www.NowSeeThis.co.uk
Re: World's fastest camera
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2018, 03:32:40 PM »
And there's me thinking it was my £10 point and shoot travelling on Concorde (that ages me)
Nudes make the world go round
www.NowSeeThis.co.uk

Francois

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,758
Re: World's fastest camera
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2018, 09:21:29 PM »
I always dreamed of going to London on the Concorde... but it's always been so expensive... and now it's just a sad dream...
Francois

Film is the vinyl record of photography.

zapsnaps

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 730
  • Get Zapped!
    • http://www.NowSeeThis.co.uk
Re: World's fastest camera
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2018, 08:25:37 AM »
I was lucky enough to go on it -but only once. And it wasn't across the Atlantic, but from London to Paris. It took 3 hours, as we went the long way round. We went from London over Ireland, out over the Atlantic and then turned round and approached Paris from the Bay of Biscay as you can't fly supersonic over land. A few nights in Paris and then back on the Paris - London Eurostar high speed train. I (quietly) proposed to Mrs Zapnsnaps on the flight. She always wanted to go on Concorde and used to love to fly, holding both a PPL and gliding licence. Because the flight was a jolly, rather than scheduled, it was affordable and very memorable. And as you say, sadly, never to be repeated.
Nudes make the world go round
www.NowSeeThis.co.uk

Bryan

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,333
    • Flickr
Re: World's fastest camera
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2018, 01:09:05 PM »
Something like the concord may make a comeback, Boeing is looking into a hypersonic jet.

https://www.space.com/41042-boeing-hypersonic-passenger-plane-concept.html

This wouldn’t be the first time they looked into it so it may or may not happen, they came close to making the SST.

https://www.boeing.com/history/products/supersonic-transport.page

Francois

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,758
Re: World's fastest camera
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2018, 02:09:33 PM »
Actually, the most promising venture is Boom Aerospace
https://boomsupersonic.com

They are planning on doing supersonic flight using only off the shelf components that are already certified, so that will save them a lot of money and time.
Francois

Film is the vinyl record of photography.