Eastern bloc film scanners

RMD · Apr 28, 2021

We are constantly reading about Eastern bloc film cameras,but just out of curiosity, did they ever produce any film scanners ?

AgX · Apr 28, 2021

It depends what mean by "film scanner". The Eastern Block was no more by 1991. If you refer to scanner for film for private use, back then there was not such in the West either.

RMD · Apr 28, 2021

AgX thank you for your reply. I was referring to consumer film scanners,so what you say makes perfect sense.

AgX · Apr 28, 2021

Do not overlook that in the Eastern Block there were no PC (to western standard) available for consumers, but only for administrative or commercial users.

PC 1715 from Robotron
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.d...535db83dc50e27c1bb1392364c95a2.jpg?key=c12dc8

Cholentpot · Apr 28, 2021

AgX said:
Do not overlook that in the Eastern Block there were no PC (to western standard) available for consumers, but only for administrative or commercial users.

PC 1715 from Robotron
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.d...535db83dc50e27c1bb1392364c95a2.jpg?key=c12dc8

And somehow we got Tetris.

Humans are amazing.

AgX · Apr 29, 2021

There were consumer computers in the GDR and there was computer gaming.

And there was a computer called KC 85
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Computerspielemuseum-47_(16515741073).jpg/800px-Computerspielemuseum-47_(16515741073).jpg
But as its professional PC counterpart it had still no integral mass memory, but relied on musiccassettes, driven externally.

fs999 · Apr 29, 2021

Oh like my NewBrain AD in 1980 ! I had to go to Paris to buy it ! It had 64 KB of RAM !!!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...in_IMG_4244.jpg/1280px-New_Brain_IMG_4244.jpg

MattKing · Apr 29, 2021

Did the Eastern bloc motion picture industry transition to scanning film for editing purposes?

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