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Old 15-June-2004, 02:30 AM
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Default Re: A method to improve color planetary imaging?

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Originally Posted by kucharek
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Originally Posted by RGClark
It makes you long for the simple color
video cameras used on the Apollo moon missions.
Ooops. The Apollo color cameras were also field sequential color cameras. They just had one single tube and a color wheel in front with three color filters. The camera transmitted sequentially filtered images which were again combined into color ones on earth.

Not the best example for your case ;-)

Harald

PS: The ALSJ is currently collecting up lots of old documentation on the Apollo cameras. Have a look at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-TVdocs.html
Hmm, they were able to do that even though the images were transmitted semi-live?

Bob
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