ELECTROCOLOR SYSTEM STUDY - EXPLANATORY NOTES:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A002600110011-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 1, 1966
• Content Type: STUDY

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ELECTROCOLOR SYSTEM STUDY - Explanatory Notes:
1. Foliage Penetration -
a. Staff Study, page 1, paragraph 2b.
b. This is a weak point - it would have been better to leave it out,
but it is logical to assume that CD film would assist in the
detection of man-made objects through holes in foliage by accen-
tuation of the tonal difference through the difference in
reflectance.
2. PSD Processor Test Term -
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a. Staff Study, page 1. paragraph 2d.
April 1965 and taken out in December 1965. It was under evaluation
approximately one-quarter of that time due to workload conflicts
in PSD. The cost of renting the equipment during that period was
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Transparencies by Plating -
a. Tab B, Technical Discussion, last page, paragraph "L".
b. Production of a transparent copy by Electro plating is neither
simple nor impossible. It will be much less expensive, however
to first prove the value of the basic principle with the existing
substrate.=:aaa done some investigation on the transparency
development. Two possible methods for development are:
(1) peeling off the plated dyes by first evaporating a
transparent coating on them - then remounting them
on a transparent substrate. This technique is used
in the production of sheet plastic materials and has been
highly automated.
(2) developing a suitable photo-conductive transparent medium
to act as the electrode and the substrate as such
a material in a very early development stage - it is highly
proprietary. In spite of these two potential solutions we
can in no way assure that a practical transparent system
can be achieved.
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4. Define "reciprocity failure"
a. Technical Discussion, Tab B, first page.
b. This paper is for technical consumption. It is not in any
case appropriate to explain such a basic term. If the reader
did not understand -- and wanted to know - any basic reference
on photography would explain the concept.
a. Staff Study, page 2, paragraph 3d.
b. is exclusively dedicated to T&E, s their own,
interest in the material which would prejudice the ev uation.
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7. What is relationship of AF Electrocolor Evaluation contract.
a. Staff Study, page 2, paragraph 3f.
b. This point is covered in the reference paragraph. We have a copy,
of the report,
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