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From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A note (was Re: Here's who is using Amiga
Message-ID: <15841@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Nov 90 22:32:18 GMT
References: <1990Nov11.183212.18785@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1990Nov13.012333.28231@lavaca.uh.edu> <572@cbmger.UUCP>
Reply-To: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
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In article <572@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>In article <1990Nov13.012333.28231@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>>The "Imprint" is really a Polaroid Palette.  A way fucking cool film
>>recorder.  900x700 resolution, automated, etc.
>>
>>Only problem is, Polaroid officiall ignores Amiga.  You've got to
>>third-party the software/hardware interface. (From Liquid Light, and
>>not a bad product at all.)
>
>Hm, we had two different models of the Polaroid Palette. Neither needed
>special software, they just took the video output (they understand
>plain analog RGB) and there they went. But to our surprise the quality
>was really BAD. It was astonishing what unsharpness and geometric
>distortions are possible with such a small CRT (it's about 1 inch in
>diameter). Perhaps it was simply defunct. 
>

The software for the Polaroid Palette was mainly to control the exposure times
for different film types. It does make a difference.

>-- 
>Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
>Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk


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