CCD to Film

Re: CCD to Film

yikes guys...hold the phone. Laser scanning is a three dimentional process. It scans the reflected laser beam from a solid object, rendering what is essentially a 3 dimensional distance plot.

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If you're thinking of the method that they use to scan film or any other sort of 2d object (ie-xerox, film scanning, drum scanning, etc)...you are talking about a linear CCD (or tube imager in drum scans) array process. It's essentially a narrow band of pixels that read an image as it is physically dragged across the image. It's the exact same thing as a regular CCD, but much much slower, much much less light sensitive, and your image scanning area would only be about 20 microns wide.

There's way more hope for full frame 35mm, multispeed, ultra-high resolution CCD. The underlying technology is already there.
 
Re: CCD to Film

[quote author=10s link=board=Links;num=1106854882;start=30#38 date=02/01/05 at 16:16:29]"Honestly, I think the engineers working on these CCDs aren't designing them for serious use, I think they're designing them as inbetweens before they tackle the problems of color resolution, heat dissapation, throughput, data transport, etc."

Why has Dalsa, a new entrant in the high rez market, set up a large new service facility in LA for major motion picture production if they aren't serious?

They're spending millions to get this up off the ground. Are all those engineers & ASC cinematographers that silly? ....No, I don't think so, the must be on to something.
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You misread me. What I mean is that these CCDs and implementations are essentially beta tests. The only way they can possibly understand how their circuit designs, subsystems, etc. can handle field operation is to put them in the field.

They're spending millions and millions not to arrive at this camera, but to arrive at the next camera.

It's obvious that this camera is not a "serious" contender to replace film origination, anymore then HD is. BUT, that being said, this camera certainly holds the initial steps that the engineers will build upon to create the "next generation" camera that will probably rival film origination in every capacity.

DALSA and all the other companies in this game aren't out to design cameras that are inferior to film...they are out to design cameras that are superior then film. This camera isn't superior to film yet, which is why I say that this is version is an "inbetween".

Also...I feel I have to point out that just because a camera is inferior to 35mm film...that doesn't mean it isn't a valuable tool that people will seek out. HD, Cinealta, 16mm, miniDV, all camera options that are inferior to film, yet are thriving in the rental market...(with the exception of 16mm of course).
 
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