Solitaire Cine III FLX/EV Filmrecorder

Professional Film Recorders for Motion Pictures

As stated by eight-time Oscar winner Dennis Muren of Industrial Light & Magic in a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, "1995's land rush to use computer-generated footage stems from innovations made in a single piece of equipment five years ago, The Solitaire Image Recorder from Management Graphics, Inc. . . "

Solitaire Cine Image Recorders meet the demanding needs of special effects, animation and post-production facilities worldwide.

MGI film recorders have been used to image digital special effects in many of Hollywood's biggest blockbuster films, including Toy Story, Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, The Mask, Casper and Batman Forever.

Addressability

	Maximum	4x5 (3:4)	35mm Acad. (1.37:1)
2K	2048 x 2048	2048 x 1536	2048 x 1495
4K	4096 x 4096	4096 x 3072	4096 x 2990
8K	8192 x 8192	8192 x 6144	8192 x 5980

IImage Quality

• 7-inch vertical CRT, designed for high contrast and dust free imaging
• Special Small Spot
• Auto calibration by photocell
• Color Look Up Tables - 12 bits per primary, 36 bits total
• More than 68 billion colors
  

Hardware Compatibility

Interfaces	SCSI: ANSI X3.131-1986 3 MB/second sustained
	GPIB: ANSI/IEEE 488-1978 600 KB/second sustained

Throughput

	35mm Acad. fast	35mm Acad.	4x5*
2K	0:15	0:30	1:30***
4K	0:15	0:30	1:30***
8K	N/A	0:58**	1:30***

*MGI 4x5 CP High Contrast camera module
**Consult factory for LUT availability
***Final test results not available

Film Types and Formats

Choose from Vistavision, Academy Offset, Full Frame, Slide, and 4x5. Film type support includes Kodak Color Negative 5245 and Kodak Color Reversal 5248 for cine, as well as Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus for the MGI 4x5 High Contrast and MGI 35mm Cassette High Contrast Modules.*

*Consult factory for LUT availability

Camera Modules

*Consult factory for availability dates

Features

Buffering
Optional RAM buffer board (16-256 MB) as well as a built-in 1 MB buffer offer increased throughput capabilites.

Firmware and LUT Upgrades
Firmware is stored in Flash memory.

Digital Geometry Control (DGC)
Automatic alignment of image geometry, including focus, image size, centering, orthogonality, linearity, format, and vignette.

Custom-designed CRT
Special design with small spot allows users to shoot higher density images

Auto Format Change
Different camera modules and their formats are automatically recognized as soon as they are mounted on the film recorder. The status of each module (film left in roll, notch counts, etc.) is stored in Solitaire's memory

Quick Change Sub Assemblies
The modular design means Solitaire can be quickly and easily repaired

Front Panel

• Color-coded push-button menu system
• Back-lit display -- 2 lines, 16 characters per line.
• Cine-oriented buttons include transport and setup, lift pins, load/clear and advance one frame.

Image Postion and Size Adjustment
Adjust both image size and image position by percentage from the front panel.

Gamma Control
Increase or decrease the gamma of the Look Up Table from the front panel

Color Correction
Add or subtract red, green, blue or neutral exposure in industry standard CC (Color Correction) units.

Built-in Diagnostics
An extensive self-diagnostics program is executed at every power-up. If a problem does exist, it is pinpointed immediately and displayed on the front panel.

Other Programmable Set-ups
Set scan mode, frame count, GPIB or SCSI selection, auto calibration, default film selection, film roll size, and slow host synchronization.

Accessories

Buffer Board
Consult factory for buffer board configurations

Colorfit
Macintosh based color Look Up Table generation software

Meshkit
A mesh is an array of data values used during image exposure. Meshkit is a Silicon Graphics and Sun based mesh generation application. Custom Meshes are available through Management Graphics.

Physical Attributes