At 07:37 PM 1/25/02 +0000, Bob Walkden wrote: >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1782000/1782445.stm (A pointer to article about photographing the Himalayas from the space station) You can see the full resolution image here: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/ISS001/ISS001-ESC-6765.JPG Hmm, While the BBC article states: "...it was actually snapped by a hand-held 35mm camera looking out of the ISS window..." the camera used was a Kodak DCS460 digital camera, with a big Nikon 500mm, the Nikkor 500mm f4 ED AF-I D lens, I think. Interestingly, the photo that appears in the article itself, of an astronaut holding a camera, looking out the window, has nothing to do with the photo of the Himalayas. The Himalaya photo was taken by the first crew on the International Space Station, with the Kodak DCS460, probably by Sergei Krikalev. The photo of the astronaut in the article was taken on the space shuttle, mission STS099, and is of Gerhardt Thiele, from Germany, representing ESA. He is holding a Hasselblad 500EL with a prism finder and 70mm film back. You can see the full resolution image of astronaut Gerhardt Thiele here: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-99/hires/sts099_305_012.jpg
The BBC article appears to be "heavily influenced by" or "highly derivative of" the text on this NASA page: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS001&roll=ESC&frame=6765 and this page: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/debrief/ISS001/ISS001-ESC-6765.htm This article, tells us virtually nothing about the image, which was taken nine months ago, other than the text that was provided on the NASA websites. There is no discussion of the use of digital imaging in space, no look at the history of space imagery, no comment on the possibilities of sharing such photos from the space station immediately via the web. It misleads the reader about the equipment used, includes an unrelated image from a different mission, and includes entire phrases and sentences taken from the NASA website verbatim. I expect better reporting than this from the BBC, even if it is on the web. Mike Nosal [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
