PHOTO FINISH

PHOTO FINISH, the finishing line as never seen before!

Developed for the leading international sports timekeeping, Photo Finish is now the official refereeing benchmark for all major track and field, cycling, rowing, horse racing, speed skating and other international competitions.
From the initial “film-based” beginnings of photo finish for the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912, the technological advances in the fields of electronics, optics and digital imaging have revolutionized the use and accuracy of sports timing equipment.

After the war, the image increasingly became the key element in timing.

Whilst the earliest photo finishes were black and white and not very accurate, the resolution offered by today’s sensors makes it possible to obtain high quality and extremely accurate color images that match the performances achieved by the athletes.

In terms of the principle of photo finish, based on a cinematographic camera enhanced only to show the line, has today been sublimated by advanced linear camera technologies.

Photo Finish in today’s world must satisfy a number of imperatives:

- Continuous capture of high resolution and high quality color images
- Ability to operate indoors and out
- Accuracy and synchronization
- Transmission of images over long distances to a control center
- Real-time recording
- Instantaneous and secure use of the images
- Distribution of images to the media
- User-friendly equipment (installation and alignment)