cook@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Forrest Cook) (07/17/90)
I am looking for a videocamera with the following attributes:
-> 1280 X 1024 or similar (prefer greater) resolution
-> easily programmable exposure parameters for supporting multiple film types.
-> Ethernet connection for sending images, photograph commands, and exposure
parameters
-> Reasonably fast photograph operation: less than 15 seconds from the start
of downloading to the end of the photograph
-> 35MM still camera and 16MM movie camera options
-> $10K to $20K price range
That's not asking for too much, is it? :-)
We are currently using a RAMTEK 9460 dual graphic display with a Matrix 3000
camera on one screen and a Dunn instruments model 632 camera on the other.
We have replaced our old reliable Vax 11/780 with a Sun 4/280 and all of our
video equipment has become obsolete. I would like to find a videocamera that
plugs directly into the network and has its own internal video generator and
RAM. Such a machine would function as a standalone machine that could serve
more than one machine and would remain useful as the various computers become
obsolete.
I have some info on a Focus 4600/4700 camera that will do most of the things
I want and will adapt to a variety of video formats. Does anybody have any
good/bad experience with this device?
Also, does anybody have any experience with the new Matrix 6000 series?
I heard that the video format is fixed and the camera has to be built to
order for a given video format.
P.S. I have a list of useful mods for the Matrix 3000 camera that allow it
to run for more than a few weeks between repairs. I also wrote a useful
film calibration program that runs on VAX/VMS. Email me for info.
Thanks for any help,
Forrest Cook
Email address: cook@stout.atd.ucar.edu
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