SAN DIEGO, CA – Fastec Imaging announces the TS5-H, a new High-Definition addition to the highly successful handheld TS3Cine and TS3/TS4 “Troubleshooter” high-speed camera lines. Whether it’s used for troubleshooting a factory, or for research in a lab, or bolted to a Kessler CineDrive in a cinematic studio setting, or in a sports stadium… or at the beach, the TS5-H is designed to help any shooter create vivid high-speed video.
Based on a brand-new state-of-the-art 5MP sensor, the TS5-H offers the same convenient touchscreen controls and streamlined workflow as its predecessors, with superior imaging characteristics.
According to Tom Boldt for Fastec, “We believe that compelling imagery is valuable in commercial applications, on public media, in a laboratory, and even on a production line floor.” Mr. Boldt continues, “In the TS3 and TS4 we have the high-speed camera performance needed for most applications, built into a form-factor our users love, and sold at an affordable price. The TS5-H remains faithful to these same precepts with enhanced performance at higher resolutions, the same revered form factor, and a base price that remains well under $20K USD.”
High-speed cameras generally operate differently than “normal” video cameras. They must often capture events that happen so quickly that they are well under way or even finished by the time an operator can press a record button. For this reason, high-speed cameras record into a circular memory buffer that continually stores a couple of seconds of “pre-trigger” footage so nothing is missed due to the slow reaction time of the human operator. The TS cameras operate this way, but they also offer creative recording modes that leverage the presence of onboard storage media. The solid-state drive (SSD) option, for example, may be used to save images and free up the high-speed buffers, for direct streaming of high-speed data, or hybrid modes that give the user the most performance and flexibility.
Features Include:
- New state-of-the-art 5MP 12-bit high-speed CMOS imaging sensor
- 1920 x 1080 (1080p) HD video recording at 634fps to onboard memory for 6.5sec
- 1280 x 720 (720p) HD video recording at 943fps to onboard memory for 6.5sec
- Save a full (8GB) memory buffer to onboard SSD in as little as 40 sec with SSD option
- VGA (NTSC) or PAL recordings at over 1000fps to onboard memory for more than 15sec
- Gigabit Ethernet Control – with FasMotion software on a PC, MAC, or Linux computer
- Remote Camera Control –with any laptop, smart phone or tablet running a web browser on a wired or WiFi network
- Full HD 1080p60 or 720p60 HDMI video output
- C-mount, Nikon F-mount, and PL lens mounts available
Fastec Imaging is a global manufacturer of digital high-speed imaging systems based in San Diego, CA. The company specializes in uniquely portable and affordable high-speed camera systems, including handheld, point-and-shoot systems, compact PC-controlled cameras, and long duration record systems. Fastec cameras are used in many applications, including engineering, industrial manufacturing, packaging, medical and academic research, bio-mechanics, military range testing, sports performance, and broadcast entertainment.
