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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: digitizing with a video camera
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Date: 23 Aug 90 14:12:38 GMT
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In article <41073@sequent.UUCP> gregf@crg2.uucp (Greg Fuller) writes:
>I'm looking for hardware to interface a video camera to a mac.
>I currently know of two products, "Computer Eyes" by Digital Vision,
>and "MacVision" by Koala.
>Both Computer Eyes and MacVision claim that scanning time is about 6
>seconds, or longer for higher resolution scans.  Does this mean that
>the person being digitized would need to sit perfectly still for 6+ seconds?

Yes.

I can speak a little about the "Computer Eyes" product--I have their
color version.  One reason why it's so cheap is that there isn't any
memory on the board.  It's really designed for use with a still video
camera, or a VCR with a good (probably digital) freeze frame control.
You'd undoubtedly have to sit very still with a video camera.


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Steve Dyer
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