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Lynx photo finish cameras. Same idea:

https://www.finishlynx.com/

Line scan cameras are (were?) also very common in industrial applications. It is the best way to take images of objects on a rapidly-moving conveyor belt as you don't have to be worried about blurring due to long shutter times, and you can achieve incredible frame rates.

The downside is that they are highly specialized (in other words: expensive) and require knowledge of the belt speed to reconstruct a proper image. I would not be too surprised if modern high-framerate video cameras took over a decent chunk of that niche.

still incredibly common. The key is that they give you very low latency information since you get it line by line. They're not too expensive tbh and getting speed data is not too difficult.

I've used modern high-speed cameras (>10k FPS in real-time streaming) and they just don't come close currently. Mainly an interface issue. There are some DMA/frame card alternatives but they haven't overtaken the market yet.

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