At the 2012 Aerobatic Freestyle Challenge in the Czech capital city of Prague, twelve of the world’s top pilots performed daring aerobatic feats. The whole contest was recorded by TV cameras on the ground, and by Basler BIP2-1280c-dn IP box cameras in the cockpits. The camera footage was projected onto several large screens for the spectators.

This 30 fps/100 fps comparison movie shows a Basler BIP2-640c-dn IP Camera capturing images at an ultrafast 100 frames per second compared to a camera recording at only 30 fps. Both image streams are played at normal speed and in super slow motion. In slow motion, the images captured at 100 fps run smoothly while the 30 fps stream appears choppy. Can you spot the card trick at 30 fps or at 100 fps?

This movie captured by a BIP2-1300c-dn shows what Basler’s optimized H.264 compression can do that standard H.264 compression cannot. Due to a carefully crafted GOP structure (GOP is a group of successive images within a coded video stream), Basler’s optimized H.264 compression will deliver smooth motion even when image streams are played in reverse.

This CCD/CMOS comparison shows the difference in image quality when using a CCD sensor compared to a CMOS sensor.

This 30 fps/100 fps comparison movie shows a Basler IP BIP2-640c-dn Camera capturing images at an ultrafast 100 frames per second compared to a camera recording at only 30 fps. Both image streams are played at normal speed and in super slow motion. In slow motion, the images captured at 100 fps run smoothly while the 30 fps stream appears choppy.