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From: pkahn@meridian.ads.com (Phil Kahn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Digitizers and image processing software
Keywords: QuickCapture, etc.
Message-ID: <4124@zodiac.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 88 00:39:41 GMT
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Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 941-3912
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We received the QuickCapture board and software from Data Translation
(617) 481-3700 and we are very pleased with it.  It is very fast and
the quality is superb (7 good bits). It allows different input video
configurations, and we plan to hook up RBG and then ddigitize each.
The input video line is software selectable. The interface is
suggestive and allows the images to be displayed on the screen at
about 7 frames/sec and captured and saved in TIFF format. Additional
features will become available when their software is completed next
month. 

I don't know the other board, but typically the lower prices translate
into slower on-board clock times which translates into less than
real-time capture.  Also make sure you know how many bits are solid. 7
out of 8 bits is very good (i.e., the top seven bits do not fluctuate
with a stable input image). 

phil...