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From: domingo@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Alberto Domingo)
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Subject: Re: digitizing with a video camera
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Date: 29 Aug 90 20:31:35 GMT
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In article <1990Aug29.165610.19195@rodan.acs.syr.edu> isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account) writes:
>
>There *IS* such a thing as a digital freeze-frame VCR.It's a normal vcr
>except in addition to a normal pause, it has a "freeze" pause also.
>The freeze-pause, in effect, is a frame grabber that grabs whatever
>the current __field__ (i think) has in it. At least the resoultion is
>less than that of normal viewing. But it gives an absolutely rock-stable
>picture with no jitter. (for picture-taking or non-realtime image
>proccessing)
>--
>Mike Schechter, Computer Engineer,Institute Sensory Research, Syracuse Univ.
>InterNet: Mike_Schechter@isr.syr.edu isr@rodan.syr.edu Bitnet: SENSORY@SUNRISE 

Just wonder...
Does somebody know if the digital image in these (or still video cameras)
can be feeded to the computer, w/o going to an digital -> analog -> digital
conversion? That would be faster, and less expensive (?), and more
accurate since the conversions introduce noise...

Alberto Domingo
domingo@boulder.colorado.edu