Direct Laser-Beam Recording of Color Television Signals on Color Print Film

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Publisher: SMPTE
Doc Type: Journal Article
Article Type: research-article
Abstract: Fundamental limitations of the cathode-ray tube have so far limited the quality of the images that can be obtained in kinescope recordings for videotape-to-16mm-film transfer. An alternative to kinescope recording — laser-beam recording on color reversal film — has not been widely accepted because of the high equipment cost and high on-going costs for film. Now, a new laser-beam recorder has been developed to overcome these disadvantages. Image quality with the new recorder is much superior to kinescope film, and film costs are one-quarter to one-fifth of the cost of color reversal film. The new system uses comparatively inexpensive color print film which, though it has a very low ASA rating, has very fine grain. Components of the system include: three small lasers (helium-neon, helium-cadmium, and argon ion); beamsplitters; acoustooptical modulators; dichroic mirrors; a spinning polygonal mirror for horizontal deflection; a galvanometer for vertical deflection; relay lenses; and a 16mm camera. Because it provides improved resolution and granularity at about the same cost as the kinescope, the new laser-beam recorder using color print film has real practical and economic advantages.
Publication Date: 1977-02-01
DOI: 10.5594/J13238
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J13238
Author(s): Toshio Motoki, Yukio Sugiura

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Toshio Motoki and Yukio Sugiura; Direct Laser-Beam Recording of Color Television Signals on Color Print Film, SMPTE Journal ( Volume: 86, Issue: 2, February 1977); SMPTE, 1977. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J13238

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doi: 10.5594/J13238
url: https://doi.org/10.5594/J13238

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