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I don't think so. You've posted a link to Wikipedia in an adjacent thread that clearly says that photo finish cameras do NOT use traditional 2D sensors, but a "1D" single-strip sensor with very high refresh rate. They intentionally use an effect similar to rolling shutter where instead of the currently exposed row moving up and down the sensor, there is just one row and the photographed subjects move against the camera.

Yes, you could capture a similar photo by aiming a global-shutter camera at the finish line and firing the shutter exactly when the first contender triggers a laser beam or something, but that would be much more complicated and expensive than just capturing a single slice of space and letting time flow along the perpendicular axis.




>would be much more complicated and expensive than just capturing a single slice of space and letting time flow along the perpendicular axis

I'm not quite sure. You're replacing a custom rig and technicians, with an off the shelf part. Sounds like it could be easier and cheaper (my point).




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