A new technique for recording a series of images of a high-speed event
(such as, but not limited to: ballistics, explosives, laser induced
changes in materials, etc.) is presented. Such technique(s) makes use of
a lenslet array to take image picture elements (pixels) and concentrate
light from each pixel into a spot that is much smaller than the pixel.
This array of spots illuminates a detector region (e.g., film, as one
embodiment) which is scanned transverse to the light, creating tracks of
exposed regions. Each track is a time history of the light intensity for
a single pixel. By appropriately configuring the array of concentrated
spots with respect to the scanning direction of the detection material,
different tracks fit between pixels and sufficient lengths are possible
which can be of interest in several high-speed imaging applications.