Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!metro!kwanon!graeme From: graeme@research.canon.oz.au (Graeme Wong See) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Canon Xapshot? Message-ID: <1991Apr22.045816.19385@research.canon.oz.au> Date: 22 Apr 91 04:58:16 GMT References: <10919@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: graeme@research.canon.oz.au (Graeme Wong See) Reply-To: graeme@research.canon.oz.au (Graeme Wong See) Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia Lines: 41 In article <10919@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes: >(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 The Canon Still Video stores the video data in analog format, not digital format. You need to buy another box from Canon to get the image into digital format and downloaded into a computer so you can manipulate it. Graeme -- Graeme Wong See, Hardware Engineer | Net: graeme@research.canon.oz.au Canon Information Systems Research Australia | Phone: +1 61 2 805 2912 P.O. Box 313 North Ryde, NSW, Australia 2113 | Fax: +1 61 2 805 2929