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From: gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: camera evaluation
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 18:21:06 EDT
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> I'ld like to share an equipment evaluation
> I did this past week which may shed some light
> on camera as well as VCR capabilities.
> 
> I demo'ed a Panasonic WV3240-12X industrial quality camera
> 
> 
> The discovery I made was that with the luminance the same,
> the lines of resolution made little impact on the picture quality.
> In fact the Sony had a lower background noise level and had richer colors.
> The lighting, recorder(Magnavox portable) and tape type(TDK-EHG)
> were identical.
> 
> Am I missing something obvious or does the difference of 100 lines
> of resolution make little difference in picture quality?
> Looking at industrial/pro camera specs the figures that
> creep up are the luminance ratings as well as lines of resolution.
> 
> In response to a question posted earlier, Sony went out of their
> way to make super beta compatible.
> 
> In response to this posting has anyone had similar
> results in comparing camera's or care to comment?
>  
> Should I be looking at a better VCR to improve the quality of my shots?
> 
> 			Andrew DeVoss 
>                           druid!adv

Well, the most important part of this comparison is that one of the
two cameras had a Nuvicon tube in it.  The comparison should have
stopped there.  As I stated in a previous posting, Nuvicon cameras
stink -- no two ways about it.

They are prone to noise and distortion that is NOT listed in the
spec's - namely, the sawtooth-edge.  This causes vertical lines
to have a sawtooth-like distortion along the trailing (right-most)
edge of the test pattern.

Try your test again with a low-light Saticon camera.

Gary