A ferroelectric liquid crystal light valve (FLCLV) for laser pulse recording is studied. We have fabricated a FLCLV that is equipped with a SiO obliquely evaporated film as a liquid crystal alignment layer and a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) photodiode as a photoconductive layer. When the cell gap is about 3um, the liquid crystal alignment shows scale like defects. When the cell gap is reduced to 2um, that scale like defects disappear. High resolution capability of 50 lp/mm is obtained using diode laser, the power of which is merely 20pJ, in this cell.