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Maximum speed. Maximum sensitivity. Maximum flexibility.
The FASTCAM NOVA S20 combines Photron’s proprietary CMOS sensor technology with decades of high-speed imaging expertise to deliver exceptional performance across research, engineering, and industrial testing applications.
Users can select between 10-bit and 12-bit operation to optimize either maximum frame rate or image depth. The S20 records up to 20,000 frames per second at megapixel resolution in 10-bit mode and up to 16,500 fps at full 1,024 × 1,024 resolution in 12-bit mode.
At reduced resolutions, the S20 reaches up to 1.1 million frames per second while maintaining a minimum exposure time of 0.2 microseconds.
FASTCAM NOVA
Model:
S20
Maker:
Photron Limited
Feature
1-Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor
- 1024 x 1024 pixels at 18,750fps (10-bit)
- 1024 x 992 pixels at 20,000fps (10-bit)
- 1024 x 1024 pixels at 16,5000ps (12-bit)
Class Leading Light Sensitivity
- ISO 64,000 Monochrome
- ISO 16,000 Color
Specifications
| Specification | FASTCAM NOVA S20 |
|---|---|
| Sensor type | Proprietary advanced CMOS |
| Maximum resolution | 1,024 × 1,024 pixels |
| 10-bit full-frame performance | 18,750 fps at 1,024 × 1,024 |
| 10-bit maximum megapixel rate | 20,000 fps at 1,024 × 992 |
| 12-bit full-frame performance | 16,500 fps at 1,024 × 1,024 |
| Maximum frame rate | 1,100,000 fps at 128 × 16 on the 1100K model |
| Model options | 220K, 550K, and 1100K maximum-frame-rate versions |
| Light sensitivity | ISO 64,000 monochrome / ISO 16,000 color |
| Equivalent monochrome sensitivity | ISO 160,000 including near-infrared response |
| Minimum exposure | 0.2 µs, independent of frame rate, subject to export control |
| Dynamic range | Selectable 12-bit / 10-bit monochrome; 36-bit / 30-bit color |
| Pixel size | 20 × 20 µm |
| Sensor size | 20.48 × 20.48 mm; 28.96 mm diagonal |
| Quantum efficiency | 78.5% at 590 nm |
| Recording memory | 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, or 128 GB |
| Memory partitions | Up to 128 selectable segments |
| Optional storage | 4 TB removable FASTDrive SSD |
| Lens mount | Nikon F/G-type standard; optional C-mount, Canon EF, Canon RF, and M42 |
| Camera control | High-speed 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet |
| Trigger modes | Start, end, center, manual, random, random reset, and record on command |
| Trigger delay | 100 ns programmable resolution |
| Time code | IRIG-B input |
| External synchronization | ± TTL 5 Vp-p variable-frequency synchronization |
| Dimensions | 120 × 120 × 217.2 mm, excluding protrusions |
| Weight | 3.5 kg |
| Operational shock | 30G, 11 ms, six axes, 10 times per axis |
| Operating temperature | −10 to 40°C |
| Cooling | Internal fan cooling with fan-off mode |
| Power | 100–240 VAC adapter or 22–32 VDC input |





