PRELIMINARY STUDY REPORT, PROJECT NO.1005

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A002500030014-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2005
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: January 27, 1964
• Content Type: MF

Approved F.elease 2005/06/06: CIA-RDP78B047 002500030014-8
27 January 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR: Development Branch, Plans and Development
Staff, NPIC
SUBJECT: Preliminary Study Report, Project No. 1005
REFERENCE: Request for Study, 31 December 1963
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
Request for a laboratory evaluation of the relay lens for the
Polaroid attachment used with the Dyna-Zoom Microscope was
received. Since the lens and film combbination was really the object in
question, verbal exchange with the requester changed the original request
to include all aspects of the problem. The problem originated in TID
where they were not able to obtain the resolution on the Polaroid
material that appeared visually. Since the Polaroid system is to be used
on equipment in prospect for NPIC, it was thought vital to find out if
indeed the material was deficient.
Since the project needed no special equipment or fabricated items,
work was started immediately. An object of the type used by TID was
procured and observed visually at various magnifications; these were then
photographed with the Polaroid attachment. Photographs were also taken
with experimental NBS resolution target capable of 1700 lines/mm at some
undetermined contrast.
It was found that the photographs of the targets contained the same
resolution as that observed visually, taking into account the natural
differences arising from viewing a transparency and a print in comparison.
It appears that the poor results of the TID study may have happened
because of such things as poor target, lack of care in focussing,
improper setting-up of the microscope, vibration, or a combination of any of
these mitigating circumstances.
The final report will furnish more quantitative results, as well as
a detailed description of the experimental methods used. The results
and conclusions remain the same, however. There is no loss of
information with the Polaroid attachment; results are optimized with care
and basic microscope adjustment skills. It is estimated that the final
report will be completed by 10 February 1964.
Chief, Exp ora ory eve opnen a ora ory Branch
Declass Review by P&DS, NPIC
N GA.
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