Origin of the Framing Camera

High-speed cameras of two types, invented by the author in the 1930's, are described and illustrated in principle. These cameras were invented and reduced to practice while the author was a member of the technical staff of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). These cameras are the prototypes in the use of a primary and secondary focal plane, with moving optical elements at the primary plane and film at the secondary plane. This principle has made possible the highest attainable speeds in mechano-optical cameras up to several million frames per second.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1966-12

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J17931