Photometric Launch Monitor

A launch monitor technology that uses high-speed cameras (typically 2 to 4 of them) to capture images of the ball and club at the moment of impact. The cameras photograph the ball's position, spin, and velocity directly rather than inferring from radar data.

Photometric systems typically sit beside the ball (or above it, in ceiling-mounted configurations) and only need to see impact — they don't require ball flight space, so nothing of theirs sits behind you, and where the maker publishes no ball-to-screen distance the ball can come as close to the screen as the swing allows. That is their edge indoors and in shallower rooms. The swing still sets most of the depth: about 14 feet at the least, and 16 to 18 at the makers' usual ball distances, by our room planner.

Photometric launch monitors in our catalog: Square Golf Omni, Garmin Approach R50, Bushnell Launch Pro, Foresight GC3, Foresight GCQuad, Uneekor EYE MINI Lite, Uneekor EYE XO2.

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