AUTOMATIC FOCUSING SYSTEM STAFF STUDY EVALUATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 24, 1967
• Content Type: MF

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24 February 1967
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant for Technical Development, NPIC
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
Automatic Focusing System Staff Study Evaluation
The necessity for automatic focusing is highly questionable.
During normal PI operations the technique of obtaining maximum
information from photography is predicated upon an individual's
ability to manipulate the image from in-focus to a certain degree
of defocus. Vertical im ery displaced along the X-axis requires
adjustment in =uV o i entify or view tall objects examples:
antennae, towers). In view of these factors it is the consensus
of FAG that the automatic focusing capability unless adjustable,
may be undesirable.
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Colonel, USA
Assistant for Photographic Analysis, NPIC
Distribution:
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1 - Asst/PA
1 - IPO/PAG/NPIC
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Project RoporL for the period November 15 to January 15, 1968
The automatic focusing roar screen projector was completed
and tested in December. Successful operation at 3X magnification
and at :film scanning speeds from 0 to 4 inches per second was achieved.
Quantitative performance data was taken at 3X magnification with the film
.stationary and at a nominal film scanning speed of 2 inches per second.
During the scanning mode at 3X magnification the 27 by 27 inch
screen imago is hold in focus such that a screen resolution better than
8 linos per millimotor is assured.
When the film is stopped the servo is capable of maintaining the
correct lops to film position for exact focus to within 0.0005 inches.
This will permit a high power (20X) examination of the 3X screen image
(total magnification 60X) in a central area where a small section of the
screen has been removed. No focusing of the magnifier is required between
repeated starts and stops of the film drive.
Completion of the data taking and preparation of the final report
will be accomplished during January with the final report due to be
printed in February.
January 30, 1968
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The following final overhead allocation rates on the above Contracts
(pursuant to the terms of Section E, Article 1, Paragraph (b) of the
Contracts), are incorporated herein; subject to your approval in the
space provided below.
Payroll Burden
Off-Site Overhead
On-Site Overhead
Bases: (1) Applicable to direct labor including holiday pay.
(2) Applicable to direct labor plus payroll burden.
Approval of the foregoing rates for the above Contracts is subject
to the provisions of the individual Contract, which limits, to the amount
of a stated estimated cost, the obligation of the Government to reimburse
the Contractor for costs incurred.
Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by signing this
letter and enclosed six copies hereof. Retain one copy for your files
and return the signed original and five copies to the undersigned at
the earliest practicable date.
Very truly yours,
Contracting officer
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