Product Range
From compact laboratory cameras to ultra-high-speed imaging platforms, multi-head crash-test systems, polarization cameras, and real-time streaming solutions, Photron offers a camera for virtually every high-speed imaging challenge.
Complete High-Speed Imaging Solutions.
Photron high-speed cameras are used in automotive safety, aerospace and defense, materials testing, fluid dynamics, combustion, biomechanics, academia, production troubleshooting, polarization research, and many other scientific and industrial applications.
The right system depends on the balance between frame rate, resolution, light sensitivity, exposure time, recording duration, camera size, synchronization, environmental demands, and analysis requirements.
Featured Camera Platforms
Explore Photron’s flagship systems for maximum speed, image quality, versatility, compact performance, and specialized optical measurement.
FASTCAM Orion S40
A high-performance BSI camera with correlated double sampling for reduced temporal dark noise, improved black-level detail, and strong quantitative imaging performance.
FASTCAM NOVA Series
A broad professional camera family combining high frame rates, strong sensitivity, flexible lens support, high-speed download, and multiple performance levels.
Pharsighted E9 Series
A full-frame backside-illuminated ultra-high-speed camera platform designed for exceptional sensitivity and visualization at recording rates above 100,000 fps.
Serie FASTCAM Mini
Compact, rugged cameras designed for laboratory, industrial, automotive, military, and high-G environments without sacrificing image quality.
FASTCAM MH6 Series
A synchronized multi-head system for automotive crash testing, hazardous locations, confined installations, and applications requiring several camera views.
Photron Crysta
A high-speed polarization camera for two-dimensional analysis of birefringence, retardation, stress, film thickness, surface behavior, and fracture mechanisms.
Browse by Product Family
Choose a family based on resolution, performance level, camera format, recording method, and application requirements.
1MP to 2MP Cameras
High-performance megapixel platforms for DIC, PIV, materials, impact, combustion, research, and general high-speed imaging.
2MP to 4K Cameras
Higher-resolution cameras for detailed vehicle testing, wide fields of view, quantitative analysis, and applications requiring additional spatial information.
Ultra High-Speed Cameras
Specialized platforms for events requiring exceptional frame rates, very short exposures, and high sensitivity at more than 100,000 fps.
Tethered-Head Systems
Remote heads for confined, hazardous, high-G, and multi-view installations where a conventional stand-alone camera cannot be positioned.
High-Speed Streaming
Continuous image transfer to PC memory for real-time processing, machine vision, computer vision, automation, and long-duration recording workflows.
Cámaras de polarización
Specialized optical systems for birefringence, retardation, stress, film, surface, fracture, and other polarization-dependent measurements.
Automotive Safety Cameras
Compact, rugged camera systems for onboard crash testing, restraint analysis, confined locations, and high-G vehicle-safety environments.
Legacy Camera Support
Find replacement guidance, legacy manuals, software resources, and current-product alternatives for discontinued Photron systems.
Datasheets and Specifications
Review individual product pages and downloadable datasheets for complete sensor, frame-rate, exposure, memory, interface, and dimensional specifications.
How to Select the Right High-Speed Camera
The best camera is not always the one with the highest single specification. A successful system balances speed, image quality, light, recording time, physical installation, and the measurements that must be extracted from the images.
Software, Integration, and Support
Photron cameras are supported by acquisition software, development tools, product documentation, application guidance, and technical support.
Photron FASTCAM Viewer
PFV provides camera control, recording setup, image playback, data saving, image enhancement, and basic motion-analysis tools in one integrated interface.
View PFV Software →SDK and Custom Integration
Integrate supported Photron cameras with custom applications, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Python, or specialized laboratory and machine-vision workflows.
View development resources →Product Manuals
Access current and legacy camera manuals, hardware guides, software documentation, and supporting technical materials.
Browse product manuals →Application Support
Discuss frame rate, resolution, lighting, optics, synchronization, recording duration, and camera placement with Photron.
Visit Photron Support →Not sure which camera fits your application?
Tell Photron what you need to capture, how fast it moves, your field of view, available light, required recording time, and installation constraints.