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Post by turbonium on Nov 20, 2005 8:12:53 GMT -4
I'm looking for all the technical information, service and operator's manuals, schematics, etc. for the Apollo video cameras. I have found documentation here... www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/alsj-TVDocs.htmlFrom that page, there is the "Apollo Lunar Television Camera: Operations Manual" dated 30 August 1968 www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/WEC-Lunar-Camera-Manual.pdfWeren't there different video cameras for each mission, and therefore manuals for them? I can only find the one linked above. Is there any other documentation,for Apollo video cameras available online? Or through other sources? Thanks for any help you can provide.. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Nov 20, 2005 8:16:42 GMT -4
Hmmm, I know that the camera they used on the lunar surface for 12 (and subsequently fried by pointing it at the sun) was the same one as was carried in the CSM on 11.
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Post by Joe Durnavich on Nov 20, 2005 9:50:33 GMT -4
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Post by Data Cable on Nov 22, 2005 2:03:56 GMT -4
I'm looking for all the technical information, service and operator's manuals, schematics, etc. for the Apollo video cameras. Still trying to "prove" that there were people in the aluminzed mylar insulation on the side of Intrepid's descent stage, by any chance?   |
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Post by turbonium on Nov 22, 2005 3:11:46 GMT -4
Still trying to "prove" that there were people in the aluminzed mylar insulation on the side of Intrepid's descent stage, by any chance?You can't even show the courtesy to post in the proper thread topic, can you?  Thanks to PW for the reply and double thanks to Joe for the links to answer my request - Apollo supporters who generously spent the time and effort to offer sincere replies without prejudice. Data Cable, have you considered that the two people who replied, being completely confident in Apollo as genuine, offer their help as a means to assist any person who wants to know more about the subject? MID on the UM forum has also been great in that way.. Disagreeing shouldn't have to mean hiding information or something.
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Post by Data Cable on Nov 22, 2005 5:06:26 GMT -4
Just curious.
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Post by dwight on Nov 22, 2005 6:41:08 GMT -4
Hi again Turbonium, the documentation compiled by Bill Wood over on the ALSJ is the best starting point. The cameras were reused on alot of the flights, with the exception of Apollo 12's burnt out camera which for obvious reasons was useless after being pointed at the sun. Westinghouse supplied the cameras from A11 to 14, and RCA from 15 to 17. I have just started going through the docs, and they are very technical. So, it will take some time to absorb the info. It is making me refer back to the good old analog days of tv which I have almost forgotten about. With the exception of 2" tape. That is something you just never forget.
The manuals would have been applicable in RCAs case to the three LRV cameras as the devices themselves where the same. From A11 of course the camera was BW only. From 12 to 14 the Westinghouse colour camera was used.
I am attempting to co mpile all he tv camera info, so I'll announce when more info comes to hand. Unfortunately I sold all my theory text books years ago, so a prime reference for analog techniques is something I no longer have (darn). There was a kids book from about 1980 which explained tv and the disc array used to slo-mo back in the old days (which also was used to combine the RGB from the sequential cameras).
cheers
Dwight
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Post by JayUtah on Nov 22, 2005 18:10:58 GMT -4
Likewise, I've just started to catalogue my collection of manuals and other documents pertaining to the television cameras. I have a lot of quantity, but no feel yet for whether I've got a full set. Mostly it's because my collection has expanded beyond my physical limit for storage -- both digital and print. It's not a matter of buying more bookcases; I'm running out of places to put bookcases.
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Post by Joe Durnavich on Nov 22, 2005 18:47:27 GMT -4
This site has additional documentation on the television and comm systems: www.geocities.com/bobandrepont/apollopdf.htmWhat I found especially interesting was some of the clean-sheet proposals for Apollo television systems including pure digital television (!) and compact, 3-tube color cameras coupled with sophisticated color encoding techniques. What I found interesting is how these types of plans get rejected in the end for systems that are actually far more ingenuous in their practicality. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Nov 24, 2005 2:19:11 GMT -4
It's not a matter of buying more bookcases; I'm running out of places to put bookcases.You could send me the stuff you don't want anymore. 
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