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Word: vectograph (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Polaroid expects more black ink from another invention it is readying for 3-D: a radical new system of three-dimensional photography called Vectograph. Now, it is necessary to photograph two pictures of the same scene on different reels (one as seen by the right eye and the other by the left), and project them from separate machines so that they merge into one picture. In the Vectograph system, now in the final stages of development, one camera takes two images on a single frame of film, and projects them by a single machine. With Vectograph, Land expects that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: 3-D Bonanza | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

...Besides the Vectograph, Land still has a fistful of other new products about ready for the market. Among them: a new camera film so sensitive that it will take pictures by candlelight, and a quick-developing film for the Polaroid Land Camera that will take pictures in full color. Only last month Polaroid began shipping to commercial users an X-ray film that can be developed in one minute. It is already in wide use in Korea. With these, plus his glasses, Land thinks that Polaroid this year will once again boost sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: 3-D Bonanza | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

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