Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!lairdkb From: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Canon Xapshot? Message-ID: <10919@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 21 Apr 91 02:05:37 GMT References: Reply-To: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) Organization: Purdue University Lines: 27 (This was originally e-mail, but the mailer returned it.) I have asked Sony (Mavica) that question several times. I always get some answer that includes the disk->composite video->digitizer->computer route. Is the video stored digitally on the disk? I remember seeing a TV report on the Mavica professional line that demonstrated their modem. The report stated that pictures could be sent xxxxx miles with _little_ degradation. If it's digital, there should be _no_ degradation. I'm am waiting for a disk drive I can put in a computer to read these disks. If I must manually advance the picture, then digitize, this system is next to useless. If I can pop a disk in and hit "download/copy", I'm all set. My application: Purdue Musical Organizations (PMO) has mass auditions every year. About 280 students show up. Each student fills out a card and has his/her picture taken. Currently they use a Polaroid camera - expensive film. I'd like to put everything on computer so that we have a permanent record of everyone who tried out. (Sometimes more people are needed ito replace people who co-op/graduate mid-year.) This would also save lots of money and material eaten up by the Polaroid. If you find anything close to what I'm describing, please tell me. If will appreciate it greatly. I will keep you posted on any developments from this end. --kyler