Fast pics with a Gen 1 tube

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Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

Hi all,

I have a Gen 1 night scope. Its a NV-100 you can pick them up for about $50 
or less

Apparently its photo cathode is sensitive to all wave lengths of light and 
requires a single high voltage supply to operate.
  5kV or 27kV depending on which info I believe.
The insulation on the high voltage connector and lead looks more like its 
in the 5kV range to me.

Is all I have to do is replace the DC supply with a high voltage pulse to 
turn it in to a gated camera?

 From the looks of the tube its only a 10pF to 50 pF load and apparently 
only 10's uA of current is required.

Yes I know producing 5kV or worse still 27kV fast rise time flat toped sub 
micro second pulse is no simple task.

Is this all that's needed to observe streamer growth at sub micro second 
temporal resolution?
Excluding the cam/camera.

Any one know anything about using Gen 1's in a gated mode and the 
difficulty and accuracy  of the pulse generation?

I triggered spark gap and a length of coax would be my starting point, sub 
100ns should be achievable.

I can take pics of my Gen 1 tube if that will help any one identify it.

Bob