Applications of a high-speed video camera at Kinki University

As a project of the Kinki University Joint Research Center on 1991, the authors developed a high-speed videocamera with an extremely sensitive internal MCP-type image intensifier and a 4500 pictures/sec (pps) recording speed. Here, we report on its use over the past two and a half years from the following three perspectives. (1) Past applications of the videocamera. (2) Mechanics developed after experience of the applications. (3) Further improvements in the future.