On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 16:40, James Burgess wrote: > > Do telecines/datacines use a similar detection mechanism? My > > understanding is that these usually sweep a CRT beam accross the film > > to be scanned so that data is captured sequentially. This differs > > from a typical "scanner" in which a CCD captures an entire line or > > even the entire image at once. > > telecine's have in the past used photo-multiplying tubes to collect the > light. It's my impression that this technology has been largely > super-ceded by using CCD's usually in a linear configuration (not an > array). I think its typical to still use a CRT to generate the light > that is captured by the CCD's through the film. I don't have any > first-hand knowledge of telecines - our movies start out digital!
I think telecine is in a state of flux. I know of one that is a single CCD now but that is relatively new. So the technology is getting much more like conventional scanning and photography. j ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
