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From: billh@tekig4.TEK.COM (William Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Color cameras with DigiView
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Date: Thu, 10-Sep-87 12:51:34 EDT
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In article <568@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> ali@rocky.stanford.edu (Ali Ozer) writes:
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>Has anyone been using DigiView with a color camera? The manual emphasizes
>that a B&W camera is better (higher resolution at a much lower price), but
>says that a color camera can also be used. What kind works, and what
>is the price?

Okay, by color camera I assume you mean a composite color camera, and not
a mega-buck 3 tube kind. I have been using a real inexpensive Konica camera
and VCR combo that I bought from DAK for about $600-$700 (I think it may even
be cheaper by now.) Remember that you are digitizing each of the colors
separatly thru the color filters and recombining the image. (You lose the 
composite color signal and must use the filters to make three "black and white"
images which are recombined to get "color")

I have had good luck with digitizing black and white images with my composite
color camera. However when digitizing color, images with a lot
of red come out orange-red. Of course, you can pop the image into your
favorite paint program and colorize to your hearts content. (Ever
see a blue Garfield?) 8->

I would recommend my set up for the casual experimenter, but I think for pro
quality work you need to spend more bucks.

						Bill Hansen
						billh@teklim.LIM.TEK.COM

The above is just my opinion, yours may vary!