The NASA link did not work for me - asked for userID/password to log on to the server . . .
If you want to send the scan to me I can post it on an open site for others . . . stan > From: "Nosal, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:03:48 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: OT: How far can you see with that lens? > > 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=6 > 765 > 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 . - 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 .
