I posted in the introduction section a few months ago mentioning the collection of old lasers and holograms I call the Vintage Laser Archive. In that thread, I expressed interest in finding an example of the first laser scanner system used for terrestrial scanning. Well, I have found one. The 2000 Cyrax 2400 below came to me missing the bottom plate on the head and the tripod, but otherwise it is clean and intact. It will make a great display.
Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
-
- I have made <0 posts
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:09 pm
- 6
- Full Name: Robert Hess
- Company Details: Point Source Productions
- Company Position Title: Holographer
- Country: USA
Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
- Jason Warren
- Administrator
- Posts: 4224
- Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:21 am
- 16
- Full Name: Jason Warren
- Company Details: Laser Scanning Forum Ltd
- Company Position Title: Co-Founder
- Country: UK
- Skype Name: jason_warren
- Linkedin Profile: No
- Location: Retford, UK
- Has thanked: 443 times
- Been thanked: 246 times
- Contact:
Re: Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
nice one.... a great find!
Jason Warren
Co_Founder
Dedicated to 3D Laser Scanning
LaserScanningForum
Co_Founder
Dedicated to 3D Laser Scanning
LaserScanningForum
-
- V.I.P Member
- Posts: 1037
- Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:39 pm
- 13
- Full Name: Scott Page
- Company Details: Scott Page Design- Architectural service
- Company Position Title: Owner
- Country: USA
- Linkedin Profile: No
- Location: Berkeley, CA USA
- Has thanked: 206 times
- Been thanked: 78 times
- Contact:
Re: Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
What year was this made? Were tripods invented yet?Eidetic wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 6:20 pm I posted in the introduction section a few months ago mentioning the collection of old lasers and holograms I call the Vintage Laser Archive. In that thread, I expressed interest in finding an example of the first laser scanner system used for terrestrial scanning. Well, I have found one. The 2000 Cyrax 2400 below came to me missing the bottom plate on the head and the tripod, but otherwise it is clean and intact. It will make a great display.
Cyrax 2400.jpgCyrax 2400 head left.jpgCyrax 2400 head center.jpgCyrax 2400 head right.jpg
-
- I have made <0 posts
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:09 pm
- 6
- Full Name: Robert Hess
- Company Details: Point Source Productions
- Company Position Title: Holographer
- Country: USA
Re: Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
I really do need to find the tripod for this, and that's no yoke. Guess I need one of those too.
- LPaulCook
- V.I.P Member
- Posts: 485
- Joined: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:42 pm
- 8
- Full Name: L Paul Cook
- Company Details: Land surveyor doing LiDAR
- Company Position Title: President
- Country: United States
- Linkedin Profile: Yes
- Location: Santa Barbara CA
- Has thanked: 47 times
- Been thanked: 44 times
- Contact:
Re: Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
What did one of those cost back when it was new? Great find!
L. Paul Cook, PLS
www.LPC3D.com
www.LPC3D.com
- Matt Young
- Honorary Member
- Posts: 3929
- Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:03 pm
- 16
- Full Name: Matt Young
- Company Details: Baker Hicks
- Company Position Title: CAD-BIM Lead
- Country: UK
- Linkedin Profile: No
- Has thanked: 45 times
- Been thanked: 40 times
Re: Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
The 2500 was around 120k I'm guessing the 2400 was a similar cost.
I can't believe I am a vintage user now...
I can't believe I am a vintage user now...
If you don't see that there is nothing, then you are kidding yourself.
- mmarsault
- V.I.P Member
- Posts: 154
- Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:33 pm
- 13
- Full Name: Matthieu Marsault
- Company Details: Murphy Surveys Ltd.
- Company Position Title: Laser Scanning Manager
- Country: UK
- Linkedin Profile: No
- Location: London, UK
Re: Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
I think the HDS300 was around 150,000 Euros at the time ?
-
- V.I.P Member
- Posts: 1037
- Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:39 pm
- 13
- Full Name: Scott Page
- Company Details: Scott Page Design- Architectural service
- Company Position Title: Owner
- Country: USA
- Linkedin Profile: No
- Location: Berkeley, CA USA
- Has thanked: 206 times
- Been thanked: 78 times
- Contact:
Re: Cyrax 2400 in the Vintage Laser Archive
Big idea > big scanner > miniaturization...
Miniaturization has been a key element of technology -a lot of things had to be big before better strategies were available:
In 1900, Photographing an Entire Train Required the World’s Biggest Camera
With bellows big enough to stand in.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/w ... est-camera
"The conditions were clear but windy. After the camera was fully assembled, Lawrence set the exposure to two and a half minutes, and took the photograph. (According to John Wade, author of The Ingenious Victorians: Weird and Wonderful Ideas from the Age of Innovation, four men had to insert the glass plate, and at least six men worked the bellows and lens). Later, using a reported 10 gallons of chemicals, Lawrence developed a clear, crisp, 8-foot-long photograph of the Alton Limited."
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.