<title>Dual Super-8 Laser Beam Recorder</title>

Abstract

Certain applications exist in the Air Force today where television type pictorial data is obtained simultaneously from two different sensors and where a direct visual comparison of these sensors is essential. Because basic difficulties exist in attempt-ing such comparison from two separate films run synchronously, it became evident that recording the sensors in side-by-side frames on a single film could be much more effective. Moreover, preliminary exploratory investigation had already shown that laser recording techniques could not only provide the means for such recording, but could also provide the precision, resolution, and latitude to effect real-time 875 line recordings within a super-8 millimeter frame.