Color PXL?

["Alexander the Great jr." <kanaris@bode.usc.edu>]

There was a discussion some time ago on this list about the possibility

of a color PXL-equivalent coming to market or colorizing the PXL and

such.



Until recently, one option was to digitize your color camcorder at

160x120 (or even less if possible, I think the PXL is 120x90)

at 15fps.



This weekend, I bought a new camcorder that, to my surprise, has

a very convincing color-PXL emulation, built-in!



I got the Canon ES-6000. One of the optional digital special effects

on it is the "MOSAIC". The pixel size of this MOSAIC is somewhat 

larger than the pixels of the PXL-2000 but they cover the whole

screen area. So, the total number of pixels and hence the effective

resolution is about the same! Too bad the variable shutter on the Canon

cannot be switched to anything less than 1/60 or the emulation would

be nearly perfect!



And if you want a less "pixilated" effect on the ES-6000, another

option is to use the 2x digital "CLOSE-UP" option, which magnifies

the picture from the CCD just enough that the individual pixels

become visible. 



I am sure that as digital effects become more and more common, 

in the computer as well as built into consumer level camcorders,

the day that a perfect emulation of the PXL-2000 can be achieved

is not very far. 





    <<alex kanaris>>  



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