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Old 08-11-2008, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
What vintage is that scope and when did what I call "camera bars" (non-SMPTE) appear?
I think full field bars were one of the earliest electronically generated test patterns, so I'd say they go back to the 50's. I know before SMPTE bars there were RCA bars which were different. I only had one machine, an old Telemation from the 60's that generated that type of bars, but they were also electronically generated. I think earlier than that and you're talking slides and camera cards for the test patterns, since the monoscopes were only suitable for b&w. Although, I suppose you could theoretically use a 3 tube monoscope to generate a color pattern, but I don't think I've ever seen one.

David
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