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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Kim Bunermann

This camera captures 1 TRILLION frames per second – that's 10 billion times faster than your mirrorless or DSLR camera

Close-up of a person's hand adjusting the dial on a DSLR camera, showcasing various settings and buttons on its rear.

Snapping at an unbelievable 1 trillion frames per second – yes, that's 1,000,000,000,000 fps – sounds like the dream of every sports or wildlife photographer, and probably would lead to even more hours of post-production. For reference, the Panasonic Lumix G9 snaps at 60fps, which is considered fast! It's almost surreal what this revolutionary technology, developed by scientists at MIT and Caltech, is capable of; this camera is so fast it can literally capture light in motion.

Created by Linhong Wang, Bren Professor of Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, this ultra-fast femto-photography system is a leap far beyond anything we as 'normal' photographers know.

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