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Tutorials & Tools for Fastec High-Speed Cameras

Fastec Updates:

3.3.x Update

Tour of 3.3.x: 3.3.x Update Video

  • Image Trigger review
  • Review while record
  • Gapless FasFire recordings
  • Cut-in / Cut-out sync for multiple videos
  • Step Controls for MFT lens focus
  • FREL overlay (Frame Relative Time)
  • Offline CAP file rendering

Image Trigger Setup: IT Setup for 3.3 Video

  • %Change / %Area / Reference Frame Interval
  • VT Flags overlay (image trigger status)

Enhanced FasFire for HS Cameras: FF for HS_3.3 Video

  • FasFire Setup Review
  • Live while Saving in FasFire
  • Review while Recording and Saving in FasFire
  • Gapless consecutive FasFire Captures (no dropped frames between events)

Micro Four Thirds Lens Control Demo: MFT Lens Control Video

  • Aperture, Focus, Zoom Sliders
  • Swapping Lenses
  • Step controls for N/F focus buttons

Frame-Relative Time and Overlay Demo: FREL_Overlay Video

  • Review Overlay creation
  • Review all Time-related overlays: Source, Time, TimeO offset, SMPTE Time, TREL, FREL
  • Graphic Overlay (Grid)

 

 

 

3.2.x Update
  • Tour of 3.2.x: FasMotion 3.2.x Update Video
  • New update process for IL, TS, and HS cameras
  • Aiming Cursor (cross hair overlay)
  • Tab Locks for FasMotion Control pane
  • Reference Frame Interval control for Image Trigger
  • Enhanced controls for Time Trigger
  • Colorize Saturated Pixels
  • Focus Assist
  • Multi-camera control lock allows changing parameters on multiple cameras
  • Autosave Enable / Disable button
  • Separate RGB controls in Display / Curves

HS7 Color Demo Video: HS7_Color

  • New per-pixel Gain / Offset Calibration (PRNU correction)

Hardware Image Trigger Demo: FasTrigger Introduction Video

  • Image Trigger setup
  • Ignoring slow-moving objects
  • Triggering on a single frame
  • Counting objects

 

High-Speed Camera System Setup and Operation:

TS3 / TS4 / TS5 Touchscreen

Video: TS3 / TS4 / TS5 Touchscreen

  • Tour of the menus
  • Tapping and scrolling techniques
  • Playing back saved videos from SSD
  • Find the camera information
TS3 / TS4 / TS5 Basic Setup
Video: TS3 / TS4 / TS5 Basic Setup
  • Setting maximum frame rate for a given resolution
  • Setting the maximum resolution for a given frame rate
  • Restoring previous resolutions, etc.
Saving Configuration Files in FasMotion

Video: Saving Configuration Files in FasMotion

  • Saving camera parameters (Resolution, Frame Rate, Exposure, etc.)
  • Reloading camera parameters
PC Network Interface Setup
Video: PC Network Interface Setup (a preview of Application Note 5)
  • Selecting the correct Ethernet cable
  • Setting up the Network Interface parameters on a PC
Mac Network Interface Setup

Video: Mac Network Interface Setup

  • Configuring the NIC
  • Configuring the Firewall

Video: Setup UDP Receive Buffer

  • Set UDP recvspace to 3MB
  • Better transfer performance
FasFire Workflow 1
Video: FasFire Workflow 1
  • FasFire Image buffer setup
  • Triggering
  • Saving (CAP files to SSD)
  • Recovering buffers as CAP files are saved
  • Load and Play saved CAP files
FasFire Workflow 2
Video: FasFire Workflow 2
  • Loading & Reviewing CAP files in FasMotion
  • Batch Transfers
Saving Video Files in FasMotion
Video: Saving Video Files in FasMotion
  • Cut-in and Cut-out
  • Saving AVI files to a Path
  • Saving CAP files to the SSD
Opening a CAP file in FasMotion
Video: Opening a CAP file in FasMotion
  • CAP files saved to PC may be opened via File/Open
  • Trans-coding
Image Trigger

Video: Image Trigger

  • Setting the Trigger Position
  • Configuring the Image Trigger
  • Enabling the Image Trigger
  • Reviewing the results

Introduction to HS-System Image Trigger

  • Implemented in Hardware, it can trigger on changes in a single frame!
  • Target values written in per frame metadata
  • Reference frame interval control allows filtering of low-speed events
Setting up WiFi on the TS
Video: Setting up WiFi on the TS
  • Configuring the SSID
  • Opening the camera in the Web-App on a PC
  • Ad-hoc (peer to peer) connection
  • Connecting to an iPhone
  • Using the TS with WiFi outdoors
Using the IL with a Tablet
Video: Using the IL with a Tablet
  • Setting up WiFi on the IL via FasMotion
  • Connecting to an iPad
  • Hawking HWUN4 compatibility
Recovering a Dark Color Video
Video: Recovering a Dark Color Video
  • Limitation of Gamma correction
  • Benefits of saving raw image data
  • Saving DNG files for best results
DVR Hybrid System

Presentation: DVR Hybrid System

  • DVR system architecture
  • DVR time-lines
  • Video demo
  • Advantages of high-speed hybrid system
Using Histograms

Video: Histograms

  • Definition
  • Opening the Histogram in FasMotion
  • Color Histograms
  • Opening the Histogram on TS cameras
Using Curves

Video: Curves

  • Image adjustments using Gamma/Contrast vs Curves
  • Opening the Curves function in FasMotion
  • Saving/Opening Curves on the PC
MFT Lens Control for HS Cameras

HS Camera Lens Control

  • Control for Micro Four Thirds lenses
  • Part of FasMotion for HS cameras
  • Controls Aperture, Focus, and Zoom

Technical Interest:

Magnification and Frame Rate

Presentation: Magnification and Frame Rate

  • Definitions of photographic terms
  • Relationships between object size, distance, speed and frame rate
iPhone vs TS5
Video: iPhone vs TS5
  • Basic speed comparison
  • Motion blur and other distortion
  • When the illumination is poor...
TS5 vs TS3
Presentation: TS5 vs TS3 (=IL5 vs IL3/HiSpec)
  • Application vs formats
  • Depth of Field advantage
  • Magnification
Depth of Field vs Pixel Size
Video: Depth of Field vs Pixel Size
  • Importance of DOF in high-speed applications
  • Relationship between pixel size and DOF
Camera Calculator
Download the Excel version
  • Resolution vs Field of View
  • Resolution vs Format
  • Depth of Field
  • F-Stops
  • Gamma
 Install the App on your mobile device (Apple or Android)
  • Frame Rates and Record Times (standard modes)
  • Resolution vs Field of View
  • Depth of Field
  • Illumination

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Camera Calculator-Lens Selection
Video: Camera Calculator-Lens Selection
  • Lens Focal Lengths and formats
  • Resolution and Sensor Size vs Field of View
  • Lens format compatibility
Camera Calculator-Depth of Field

Video: Camera Calculator-Depth of Field

  • Aperture and focus
  • F-Stop definition and
  • Definitions of DOF terms: near/far focus, Hyperfocal Distance
  • Relationships: DOF / Aperture / Pixel Size / light and sensitivity
TS5 with Infinity Lens

Video: TS5 with Infinity Lens

  • Demonstration viewing fibers
  • See also YouTube clip on Mites
Color vs Mono Cameras

Presentation: Color vs Mono

  • Benefits of Color vs Mono
  • Common uses
  • Performance differences

Troubleshooting:

Saving Logs via FasMotion

Video: Saving Logs via FasMotion

  • Fastec technical support may ask for logs
Troubleshooting Trigger I/O

Video: Troubleshooting Trigger I/O

  • Setup
  • Transceivers
  • Triggering Device
  • Cable
Change Camera IP Address for IL or TS Camera

Video: Change Camera IP

  • IL or TS Camera connected to network, but not seen in "Found Cameras" in FasMotion
  • Change IP address to one compatible with connected subnet
  • Use camera's MAC address
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