出版社：The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers
摘要：This ultrahigh-sensitivity HDTV color camcorder uses a proximity-type image intensifier employing 3rd-generation GaAsP photocathodes. In order to accomodate a video cassette recorder (VCR) within the camera, thereby reduce the weight and increase the image quality, a compact optical unit consisting of an enlarger lens and tapered fiber optics plate (FOP) was developed. The camcorder can be equipped with a high-speed gate shutter with speeds up to one per microsecond by pulsing the voltage to the photocathode. The camcorder provides good color reproducibility under moonlight, and a signal level of 100% was obtained at 0.2 lx, f/2 (signal-to-noise ratio of 56dB). Its sensitivity is about 400 times greater than that of current HDTV CCD camcorders, mak-ing it particularly well suited for shooting faint objects such as auroras and nocturnal animals.
