However, the camera was trade branded previously in 1992 as a KODAK MASD product.

The FASTCAM Ultima 40K native resolution is 256 x 256 pixels x 8 bits at 4,500 FPS.

The system could be controlled from a computer through an RS-232 interface sending simple ASCII commands.

This camera also used a Block Readout sensor with 240 x 192 pixels 8 bits at 12,000 fps.

The SP2000 was first introduced in 1981, a full decade ahead in performance over any other high speed camera .