P3D Re: Film Recorders

[Eric <egoldste@xxxxxx>]

bob Wier wrote:

> Film recorders basically to the same thing, but they are
> expensive (!) - some actually use a monochrome CRT (much
> finer resolution possible than with color) and expose each
> image for Red, Green, and Blue (or Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow,
> depending on the system). It does this by rotating a color
> filter in front of the lens of the taking camera.

They also use non-standard (that is, non-NTSC) systems of relatively
high resolution and truly flat screen monitors to achieve quality
roughly equal to that of the recording film...

> Some very
> expensive systems delete the optics completely and project
> (write) directly onto the film itself.

I believe Kodak makes one of the better ones and it sees a good deal of
use with top end motion picture restoration projects...


Eric G.


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