Instrument: high-speed camera

Dataset: 
Planktonic predator-prey behavior - video clips
Instrument: 
high-speed camera
Instrument Short Name:
Instrument Description:

A high-speed imaging camera is capable of recording rapid phenomena with high-frame rates. After recording, the images stored on the medium can be played back in slow motion. The functionality in a high-speed imaging device results from the frame rate, or the number of individual stills recorded in the period of one second (fps). Common video cameras will typically record about 24 to 40 fps, yet even low-end high-speed cameras will record 1,000 fps.

PI supplied instrument name: high-speed video camera
Dataset-specific description

A Photron FastCAM SA4 high-speed video camera with a Nikon micro-NIKKOR 60 mm lens and 36 mm extension tube was used to record predator-prey interaction. The experimental chamber was illuminated by a dark field, ring light, Fiber-Lite MI-150 high-intensity illuminator, Dolan-Jenner. The camera was mounted on a manually-operated, linear positioning slide (Automation Gages Inc.)