TABLE 1.
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A
FOUR-LENS MULTISPECTRAL AERIAL CAMERA
Modes of Operation
Film Format
Film Width
Film Advance
Film Type
Lenses
On Axis Lens Resolution
Field of View
Number of Frames
Film Capacity
Shutter
Shutter Speed
Lens Aperture Control
Filters Available
V/H Range
IMC Range
Cycling Rate
Ground Brightness Range
Power
Weight
Automatic cycle and manual trigger
Four separate simultaneous 2-1/8" x
4-1/16" exposures per frame
9-1/2" unperforated
6" per camera cycle
Any 9-1/2" aerial film, such as
EK 2424 or EK 2401
Four matched 150mm, f/2.8 Schneider
Xenotar lenses
45 line-pairs/mm on EK 2424 film
209 x 379 full field
480 with 250-foot roll
500 ft. estar base (4 mil thick) or
760 ft. thin base (2-1/2 mil thick)
Four-slit synchronous focal plane
shutter
Variable from 1/65 to 1/133 second
Each lens individually adjustable from
f/2.8 to f/16
40 filters, peak wavelenghts from 440
to 925nm (interchangeable on each lens)
0.017 rad/sec to 4.64 rad/sec
0.1 inches/sec to 28 inches/sec
Variable from one frame/2 sec to one
frame/120 sec
500 to 5000 foot-lamberts
28 VDC (400 hertz supplied by system
inverter)
95 pounds