CAMERA B 15 WAS USED IN MISSION 8079 FLOWN ON 19 MARCH 1966.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000600190068-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: March 22, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. CAMERA B 15 WAS USED IN MISSION 8079 FLOWN ON 19 MARCH 1966.
A. THE EXPOSURE WAS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS FAIR TO
GOOD. AS IN THE PAST SEVERAL MISSIONS FLOWN WITH THIS CAMERA,
THE AREA OF OPTIMUM FOCUS IS NEAR THE END OF THE FRAME OPPOSITE
THE DATA CHAMBER INSTEAD OF THE CENTER OF THE FRAME. THE IMAGERY
PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY-BARKSDALE.
2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
DEGRADED AREA (APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF EACH FRAME) APPEAR TO t i
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MAX INr. DMA UNAMtH C,NU 15 VLUhAUC.V. 1J1 . 1t9AULD W11n11Y tna
92, MAR 1966
INTERMITTENTLY. COLORLESS CHEMICAL DEPOSITS APPEAR PRIMARILY ALONG
THE INBOARD EDGE BUT SPREAD INTERMITTENTLY AND IN VARYING DEGREES
OF INTENSITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FRAME THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
MANUFACTURER'S SPLICES ARE PRESENT IN FRAME 0388 AND 1973. ADHESIVE,
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATTER SPLICE, CAUSED A DESENSITIZATION OF
EMULSION WHICH RESULTED IN MINUS DENSITY DOTS, 2 ROWS 1.3" APART,
PERPENDICULAR TO THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM IN FRAME 1974 AND ONE
ROW OF DOTS ON FRAME 1977. A TEAR ACROSS THE EDGE OF THE LAST
BE SLIGHTLY ELONGATED OR SMEARED ALONG THE MAJOR AXIS OF THE FILM.
THE DEGREE OF DEGRADATION IS SIGNIFICANT.
B. 9R SIDE: ROLLER CHATTER AND EDGE FOG ARE PRESENT ON BOTH
THE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE FILM. MINUS DENSITY DOTS
APPROXIMATELY 1.1" FROM THE INBOARD EDGE AND 1.7" APART APPEAR
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FRAME WAS REPAIRED WITH CLEAR TAPE.
C. 9L SIDE: MINOR EDGE FOG IS CONTINUOUS ALONG THE INBOARD
EDGE OF THE FIRST 300 FRAMES. ALL POSITION INDICATOR LAMPS EXCEPT
THE IL ARE IMAGED VERY FAINTLY AND ARE UNREADABLE ON MANY FRAMES.
THERE ARE ROWS OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS, 2.63" AND 3.1" FROM AND PARALLEL
TO THE OUTBOARD FORMAT EDGE OF THE FIRST 790 FRAMES. MINOR
EVIDENCE OF ROLLER CHATTER IS CONTINUOUS ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE
AFTER FRAME 900. THERE ARE SEVERE EMULSION ABRASIONS ON FRAMES 2398
AND 2399. THERE IS A MANUFACTURING SPLICE ON-FRAME 1612.
D. BOTH SIDES: THE CLOCK COUNTER REMAINED AT FRAME 1266
AND 2066 DURING 2 EXPOSURES EACH. THE PROCESSING FACILITY COMPENSATED
FOR THE MALFUNCTION BY TITLING THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF EACH NUMBER
"A" AND THE SECOND "B". FOG, DUE TO STATIC DISCHARGES, IS INTER-
MITTENT ALONG THE INBOARD EDGE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. BLEEDING
AND FLAKING OF THE TITLING IS INTERMITTENT.
E. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROCESSING ANOMALIES.
3. POSITIVE:
A. PRINTING AND PROCESSING WERE GOOD.
B. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR TO GOOD.
C. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF
THE MISSION.
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