Re: Another tech question

From: Tony Conrad (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2006 - 20:49:05 PST


True; but the flatbed's prism flicker is in no regard necessary for the
appearance of motion in successive images.

The clearest and most obvious demonstration of non-stroboscopic motion
pictures is in video (where the screen phosphors retain their "on" state
sufficiently).

----------t0ny

Quoting 40 Frames <email suppressed>:

> > Don't many flatbeds (e.g. Steenbecks and
> > KEMs) utilize a prism system without a shutter, and therefore
> without a
> > flickering light?
>
> > Jonathan Walley
> > Professor, Cinema Department
> > Denison University
> > Granville, Ohio
> > email suppressed
>
>
> Yes, Steenbecks and KEMs operate without a shutter, instead they
> employ
> a rotating prism (usually 18 or 24 sided). And YES this prism shows
> a
> noticable flicker (even the KEMscope prism which claims to be
> "flicker
> free").
>
> Alain
>
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>
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