Frames per second, or fps, are the simple act of measuring how many video frames the surveillance camera captures per second of video. 30 fps means the camera captured 30 frames in a single second of video; the higher the frames, the smoother the video will be.

Higher resolutions are important when the field of view of the camera is large, or when a very small spatial resolution is required because there are a lot of fine details in the high-speed event that need to be studied.It is important to understand that the higher the resolution of the camera, the lower the maximum frame rate will be. With a 4-megapixel camera you have 4x more pixels to process than with a 1-megapixel camera. Therefore, you will not be able to achieve the same frame rates with a higher resolution camera as with a lower resolution camera.

Light sensitivity impacts your ability to use a short exposure time so that you can effectively eliminate motion blur when capturing a very high-speed event. Light sensitivity impacts the quality of your video because without sufficient light sensitivity your images will be dark and hard to analyze.

Analysis software allows high-speed cameras to be controlled by computer or some other devices such as smartphones or iPads, analyze images using distance, angle and speed measurements and output data as reports.

Frames per second, or fps, are the simple act of measuring how many video frames the surveillance camera captures per second of video. 30 fps means the camera captured 30 frames in a single second of video; the higher the frames, the smoother the video will be.