On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> That's how the DigiView works on the Amiga, though instead of
> the supplied color wheel and a video camera to capture the images I
> use a good quality VCR or 8mm camcorder, good quality cables, and a
> color splitter. I still have to do the 3 seperate captures though.
> Of course, the DigiView doesn't offer anywhere near the resolution
> that you're talking about either but for 1985 it was pretty
> impressive.
When we (SUGA) took pictures of our old hideout, we used a Canon ION
still video camera (weren't they hip ten years ago) for the snaps and then
captured them using a VLab in my Amiga. The VLab can snap an FBAS image in
real time and split it, so you won't need the colour wheel. I've also got
a Vidi Amiga, though, with accompanying colour splitter, but haven't tried
it as of yet. Doesn't seem as compelling with slow-scan equipment. =)
When we documented our new place (
http://www.sua.f2s.com/fotografier/), we
used a digital video camera, but its snap functions left a lot ot be
desired, especially considering that the images were digitally
transferred. When compared to the ION snaps grabbed through composite,
they looked just as bad, if not worse.
I still prefer paper, though. It's fairly high-resoluting and easy to
display to people without computers. =)
Received on Sat Apr 14 2001 - 08:02:11 BST