The first digital imaging I did was with a Computer Eyes card in an Apple IIGS with 256K RAM and 1 megahertz clock speed. It captured single frames using a video camera. Paul On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> > On Nov 2, 2006, at 6:10 PM, J and K Messervy wrote: > >> I borrowed "The Medium Format Advantage" by Enrst Wildi from the >> local >> library the other day and it is very informative. The book was >> published in >> 1995. I've just reached the chapter on Digital Imaging and Medium >> Format >> and it is almost quaint. >> >> I quote: >> >> "Image processing programs run faster when there is a large amount >> of RAM >> available. Plan on at least 16 MB of RAM. If you want to do >> commercial >> work, plan on more. Just as you will need plenty of RAM when >> processing >> your images, you will need a large-capacity hard disk for storing >> your >> images. At lease 300 MB is a good starting place." > > Ah, the good old days. Back when I started doing digital imaging, a > 10Mbyte hard drive and 512K RAM was such a huge amount of computing > space for a home computer it was almost inconceivable that I could > own it for under $4000! > > (The system I did digital imaging work on for NASA cost over $28 > Million and required a 20x30', power and air conditioned room to > house it in.) > > Godfrey > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
