Below you shall find a useful survey of current technology in terms of high-speed 720HD cameras from various manufacturers. The list is compiled of the fastest camera capable of at least 1280x720 from each notable manufacturer.
The fastest 720HD high-speed camera is the NAC ACS-1 M60 which shoots 100,000fps at greater than 1280x720. The fastest cameras may not be the best choices. Many variables have to be considered such as record duration, bit depth, file type, file size, save time, light sensitivity, exposure, and overall image quality.
Model and Manufacturer
Vision Research Phantom TMX7510
NAC Memrecam ACS-1 M60
Vision Research Phantom v2512
iX Cameras i-Speed 726
IDT (Integrated Design Tools) Y7-S3
pco. (PCO AG) pco.dimax HS4
Photron* Fastcam Mini UX100
Sanstreak Corp. Edgertronic SC2+
Fastec Imaging HiSpec 5 HiSpec 4
Kron Technologies Chronos 1.4
The Slow Motion Camera Co FPS4000 Lite
Resolution
1280 x 800 (Max Res.)
1280 x 896 (Max Res.)
1280 x 800 (Max Res.)
1280 x 720
2048 x 1536
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080 (Max Res.)
1280 x 720
2000 x 2000 (Max Res.)
1280 x 720
1280 x 1024 (Max Res.)
1280 x 720
1280 x 864 (Max Res.)
1280 x 720
1696 x 1710 (Max Res.)
1280 x 720
1280 x 1024 (Max Res.)
1280 x 720
1280 x 720 (Max Res.)
Frame Rate
76,000 fps
100,000 fps
25,700 fps
28,500 fps
8,512 fps
20,000 fps
12,300 fps
17,950 fps
2,277 fps
8,226 fps
4,000 fps
6,400 fps
3,720 fps
4,456 fps
523 fps
1,633 fps
1,057 fps
1,502 fps
1,000 fps
*Photron cameras are typically designed with 1MP, square 1:1 aspect ratio image sensors (1024x1024). The comparison of 16:9 aspect ratio capabilities such as 1280x720 do not fairly represent the performance of Photron cameras of which Photron is one of the industry leaders in terms of speed and quality.