Re: [ATM] re: Video detector tube

[Gary Woods <garygarlic@earthlink.net>]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:18:43 -0400, you wrote:

>Since these units replaced the
>three tube versions I am wondering if anyone on the list is familiar with
>them. The reason behind this request concerns the possibility of using a
>similar coating on the detector screen of a photo-multiplier tube to give a
>colour image instead of the monochrome image that photo-multiplier tubes
>usually display. 

Probably not; your camera uses a stripe filter to modulate the incoming
image with r-y and g-y, trading resolution for color.  Consumer CCD cameras
do the same thing.  Not applicable to a PMT, unless you want to split the
colors to 3 of them.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

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