Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dicomed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!dicomed!papke From: papke@dicomed.UUCP (Kurt Papke) Newsgroups: net.graphics Subject: Re: Film Recorders Message-ID: <648@dicomed.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 08:36:44 EST Article-I.D.: dicomed.648 Posted: Tue Nov 12 08:36:44 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 08:08:43 EST References: <471@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP> Reply-To: papke@dicomed.UUCP (Kurt Papke) Organization: DICOMED Corp., Minneapolis Lines: 51 Keywords: film recorders, animation In article <471@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP> sd@sdchem.UUCP (Steve Dempsey) writes: > >What's the latest and greatest in film recorders? >We have a Silicon Graphics IRIS 2400 from which we want to make >35mm slides and 16mm films. > > Steve Dempsey > Chemistry Dept., B-014 > University of Calif. at San Diego > La Jolla, CA 92093 > (619)-452-4016 > ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sd@sdchem Well, I swallowed the bait..... This is an incredibly broad question. What are your requirements for: o Resolution (8k, 4k, 2k, screen res) o Geometric accuracy o Speed o Consistency, RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability) If all you have is an Iris, and you need to take advantage of your Geometry Engine you are going to end up taking pictures of the screen with a hood, not exactly "latest and greatest" stuff !! A brief overview of the Film Recorder marketplace: Manufacturer/model Price Comments Polaroid Pallette $1500 1k res, limited colors Matrix PCR $10k 2k res, newly introduced 4k model Matrix QCR $15-20k 2k or 4k Celco $150k 4k, newly introduced 8k Dicomed D48 $250k 4k/8k There are a few others rattling around in the marketplace, but the list above includes the majors. There is obviously a wide discrepency between the price at the bottom of the market, and that at the top. This arises from the cost of pushing the performance envelope in the 8k region -- film recorders are complex electro/mechanical/optical devices. Kurt Papke ihnp4!dicomed!papke "The views expressed herein are not those of Dicomed Corporation. The only views of Dicomed are those of downtown Minneapolis from the rear windows."