Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A long haul for a Fotomat! -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter Klein Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 3:48 PM To: lug; olympus at thomasclausen.net Subject: [Leica] OT: 1960s Lunar Orbiter photos restored Some beautiful B&W pictures here, with a fascinating story. And some hints that older technology has things to recommend it. <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/lost-lunar-photos-recovered-by-great-feats-o f-hackerdom-developed-at-a-mcdonalds/#slide-id-751001> "...our imagery from 1966 and '67 has sometimes greater resolution and greater dynamic range [than today's spacecraft] because of the way the pictures were taken. So sometimes you look into a shadow in a picture that LRO's taken, and you don't see any detail-with ours, you do." The cameras used film, which was developed onboard and scanned using fax-like technology. More info here, with other links. <http://www.moonviews.com/> --Peter _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information