John Francis wrote: > I've dredged a few more details out of my memory. > The unit we had was a Matrix QCR, and the camera body used was a Pentax > A3000. > Horizontal resolution was either 2k or 4k pixels (selectable). It came > with a GPIB interface, and it took several minutes to complete a single > exposure. > > Somebody is selling a slightly later model than the one we had, > complete with camera, at > > http://www.recycledgoods.com/matrix-instruments-pcr-film-recorder- > vintage-collectable-pn-60-23-0012.html > > Image quality was pretty good by today's standards (and excellent for > the 1980s). > I've got a couple of 4' x 4' images (printed onto hardboard) that were > created (from slides made on the film recorder) by Raster Technologies > - sponsor of the art show at SIGGRAPH. I'm pretty sure that we were > using the lower resolution setting (1365 x 2048), so these will have > been created from 1280 x 1280 images. > (I picked them up at the auction when Alliant Computer Systems folded > in 1992; Alliant had purchased Raster Technologies, and a lot of > artwork from SIGGRAPH found its way into the Raster Technologies > corridors after the show was over). > While they don't look that sharp when you stick your nose on them, > that's still better resolution than HDTV, and they look fine on the > wall in my living room.
Interesting technology. I've now had a look around at the internet about these and there are a few for sale, generally in 'as is' condition or the result of companies clearing out equipment unused in years and sold as seen - if working. Another victim of the digital projector. Thanks John. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
