CRT filmrecorders LF, brands

[ScandiPhoto]

Hello.
Anyone got some input on the various 4x5/8x10 CRT filmrecorders out there. Im mainly thinking of the Agfa Arto 8 & 16K, MGI Solitaire 8K, CCG PCR 8K.
They all use the same typer of Tech, Agfa is German, Solitare American and CCG German.

Ruffly the same resolution except the 16K of course.

Are they all the same? Anyone who has worked with them?

thanks.

ps. I know of course about the superiority of the LVTs, but that's for a different thread.

 

[MattKing]

I've moved this thread, because arguably the film recorders were the polar opposite of the technology used to create digital negatives.
Friends of mine had one and for a few years did some contract work with it, until it died and was un-repairable.
In the camera club world, they were controversial, because rogue users would scan slides, digitally edit the files and then use film recorders to write edited slides that won awards. This was before digital cameras were prevalent.
I think my friends salvaged the powered RB67 6x8 film back and the lens from theirs, before they scrapped it.

 

[ScandiPhoto]

I've moved this thread, because arguably the film recorders were the polar opposite of the technology used to create digital negatives.
Friends of mine had one and for a few years did some contract work with it, until it died and was un-repairable.
In the camera club world, they were controversial, because rogue users would scan slides, digitally edit the files and then use film recorders to write edited slides that won awards. This was before digital cameras were prevalent.
I think my friends salvaged the powered RB67 6x8 film back and the lens from theirs, before they scrapped it.

My apologies, I read the " inter positives." and figure it ment internegatives... and there are other treads there about for example Polaroid Pro Palette 8000 , which in many ways is the same machine. a Filmrecorder.

Anyway thanks for the info, mind asking him about it? Im not really sure how well the quality holds up, but it would be interesting to do a test with a scanned 4x5" to a printed 4x5"

 

[MattKing]

They probably can't remember the resolution numbers, but to the best of my recollection they weren't extra-ordinarily high.
The technology is still used in the motion picture world to make the very small number of theatre projection prints for those locations that still optically project prints on film.

 

[ScandiPhoto]

They probably can't remember the resolution numbers, but to the best of my recollection they weren't extra-ordinarily high.
The technology is still used in the motion picture world to make the very small number of theatre projection prints for those locations that still optically project prints on film.

The 8K versions are not very hi res, but the 16 should be ok for 4x5" and possible 8x10" scans.

Still, are the different manufacturer equally good when it comes to distortion, usability and setup?