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From: arriflex@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Fister)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: VCRs for animation/editing/single frame operation
Summary: You want to much from tape
Keywords: VCR single-frame
Message-ID: <3146@ihlpe.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Jul 88 13:45:26 GMT
References: <17553@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <17553@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>, jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) writes:
> 
>      This comes up every few months, but the products change so fast it
> needs to be reconsidered frequently.  What are the best VCRs for
> single-frame record and playback, for applications such as animation
> recording and video analysis?  Which machines are capable of reliable
> frame-by-frame read, with minutes of holding time per frame, without
> tape damage?  Is anything at the low end suitable for single-frame
> write yet?  What about 8mm machines?  
> 
	Im somewhat new to this group and what I say is mostly 
	from a user point of view.  I use a Lyon-Lamb VAS4 with
	a Sony 5850 3/4" deck.  We would practically smoke the 
	heads right off deck (more like have the thing rebuilt
	after every project)

	If I were you, I would look into frame store devices
	that have realtime playback.  You also might want to
	think about a movieola and a film camera (you can keep
	those in pause as long as you want)

					greg fister
					(312)979-6927

>      Also, which machines get the interlace right on still-frame operations,
> so that one always gets both halves of the same frame, not two halves of
> two different frames?
> 
> 					John Nagle