We have all seen high-speed imagery at some point in our lives, be it a video of a missile in flight or a humming bird flapping its wings in slow motion. Both scenarios are made possible by high-speed visible cameras with ultra-short exposure times and triggered strobe lighting to avoid image blur, and usually require high frame rates to ensure the captured video plays back smoothly. Until recently, the ability to capture high-speed dynamic imagery has not been possible with traditional commercial IR cameras. Now, recent advances in IR camera technologies, such as fast camera detector readouts and high performance electronics, allow high-speed imagery.
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