New Ultra-High-Speed Video Camera

Shimadzu has announced the release of its Hyper Vision HPV-X2 high-speed video camera. It offers photosensitivity six times higher than the previous model and ultra-high-speed recording speeds up to 10 million frames per second (Mfps). The new video camera visualises high-speed phenomena and focuses on a wide variety of applications, e.g. automotive, semiconductor, consumer electronics, materials as well as equipment in aerospace, industrial, medical and sports.

The Hyper Vision HPV-X2 features a new FTCMOS2 CMOS image sensor that increases photosensitivity by about six times. Higher photosensitivity means that more vivid im­ages can be obtained even under poor lighting conditions, such as under a microscope. In this way, it enables the observation of incidents such as the interactions between can­cer cells and the release of active agents from drug-filled microcapsules, the fuel injec­tion process of automotive fuel injectors, or the ink ejection process of inkjet printers.

The HPV-X2 offers a recording speed of 10 million frames per second, which is the world’s fastest in its class. Furthermore, the Hyper Vision HPV-X2 includes a function that allows samples to be observed simultaneously from two directions by synchronising two cameras. This allows the use of commercial Digital image correlation software to analyse the captured data so that the deformation of objects can be observed in three dimensions.