1. Preamble

This article is a contribution to the articles already available in the Techniques de l'Ingénieur database, particularly those on high-speed imaging: “High-Speed Cinematography: High-Resolution Mechano-Optical Cameras” [R 6 730] and “High-Speed Cinematography: Electronic Cameras” [R 6 732] . Certain points regarding CCD sensors and their properties have also been usefully described for CCD sensors in “Image Analyzers” [E 5 520] . As...