The development of new technologies in the fields of photonics, digital systems and computers has resulted in many exciting innovations in high speed photography (HSP) and its commercial, industrial and military applications. This book forms a definitive work on the subject and was written to fill a hitherto uncovered gap in the available literature on this topic. Compiled by a leading team of international experts and written with the cooperation of the Association for High Speed Photography (AHSP) under the Editorship of Sidney F. Ray, this is the most authoritative work on the subject to date. The book forms an introduction to high speed photography, principally for those who wish to investigate its almost limitless potential as a tool for instrumentation, measurement and analysis in both research and development work. It will also interest those who are mainly concerned with standard photographic and digital imaging procedures but need to know more about high speed recording. As a university textbook it is ideally suited to those undertaking postgraduate research, as well as to undergraduates on courses that include film production, biomedical imaging, scientific photography and applied imaging.The material in the book follows progressively from an introduction to and development of HSP, to details of illumination and image capture systems, data extraction and necessary image processing in experimental procedures. Both major and specialist applications of HSP are detailed, including ballistics, the natural world, detonics, the properties of materials and aircraft engineering, combustion processes, motor vehicle safety and holography. A large number of diagrams and photographs illustrate and supplement the text while tables of data provide easy access to numerical information.Sidney F. Ray BSc, Msc, ASIS, FBIPP, FMPA, FRPS is Principal Lecturer in Photographic and Electronic Imaging Sciences at the University of Westminster. He is a well known photographic author whose publications include the highly acclaimed Applied Photographic Optics, now in its second edition. He has also written The Photographic Lens, edited the Photographic Pocket Book series and contributed to the Manual of Photography, now in its eighth edition. He has a lifetime of experience in photography and applied imaging and acts as an external examiner and advisor to many academic institutions and photographic associations. Will appeal to newcomers as well as professionals in the topicEndorsed by the Association for High Speed PhotographyMajor topics covered in one independent source (view table of contents)

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