CAMERA B-23 WAS USED IN MISSION 8111 FLOWN ON 8 AUGUST 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000600190039-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: August 11, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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S E C R E T 1111462 CITEI 8077
1966 AUG 11 12 11 Z
1. CAMERA B-23 WAS USED IN MISSION 5111 FLOWN ON B AUGUST 1966.
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
E. 9R SIDE: EDGE CHATTER WAS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE MISSION,
ON BOTH THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGES. IT WAS CONTINUOUS FOR THE
FIRST '550 FRAMES AND INTERMITTENT THEREAFTER. STATIC DISCHARGES DIS7RIBU'i
ON THE OUTBOARD SIDE WAS OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE Icy Igo. Off'
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ENTIRE MISSION. PLUS DENSITY PROCESSING STREAKS WERE OBSERVED ON os
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FRAME 1, MINUS DENSITY STREAKS ON FRAME 2, AND A COMBINATION OF Paoa
BOTH ON FRAME 1635 AND 1639. THESE WERE ORIENTED ALONG THE MINOR' CSD
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AXIS OF THE FILM. HANDLING MARKS WERE OBSERVED INTERMITTENTLY PSD
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THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. 17 6 TID
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C. 9L SIDE: TYPICAL STATIC INDUCED DEGRADATIONS ARE PRESENT
ALONG 30TH EDGES. ROLLER CHATTER IS ALSO PRESENT ALONG THE INBOA"--
EDGE. SMEARED IMAGE DUE TO CAMERA START-UP IS LOCATED IN FRAME
0001. EMULSION SCRATCHES AND LIFTS WERE FOUND IN FRAMES 0901 AND
1800. A MINUS DENSITY COMET IS PRESENT IN FRAME 1443. PLUS AND
MINUS DENSITY PATCHES, APPARENTLY PROCESSOR INDUCED, ARE EVIDENCED
BETWEEN FRAMES 0031 AND 0062. CHANGES IN PROCESSING LEVEL WERE
ALSO NOTED IN FRAMES 0840, 0924, 1204 AND 1208. A MANUFACTURER'S
SPLICE IS PRESENT BETWEEN FRAMES 1366 AND 1367. DEGRADATIONS
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ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SPLICE ARE LOCATED IN FRAMES 1369 AND 1370.
LACQUER STAINS WERE NOTED IN THE EMULSION OF FRAME 1799; SEVERE
EMULSION LIFTS, WHICH WERE DEPOSITED ON THE BASE WERE NOTED ON
FRAME 179S. A PLUS DENSITY STREAK ALONG THE MINOR AXIS IS PRESENT
ON FRAME 2465.
D. A PARABOLIC PLUS DENSITY SPOT, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH
ROLLER CHATTER, WAS NOTED WITHIN THE FORMAT AT THE DATA CHAMBER
EDGE OF THE FRAME. FLARE FROM THE VERTICAL DOT INDICATOR WAS ALSO
NOTED WITHIN THE FORMAT AREA. ULTRASONIC SPLICES, MANY OF WHICH
WERE REPAIRED WITH TAPE, WERE USED AT THE HEAD AND TAIL OF EACH
CAN. TITLING RANGED FROM VERY FAINT TO VERY BLOCKED UP. THE
MISSION WAS TITLED FROM 0000 THRU 2467.
E. NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS WERE APPARENT.
3. POSITIVE:
i'i. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
13. PRINTING AND PROCESSING ARE GOOD.
C. CLOUDS AND HAZE DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 35 PERCENT OF THE
MISSION.
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