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=== Photographic subsystem === [[File:Lunar_Orbiter_Photographic_Subsystem,_George_Eastman_House,_Rochester,_New_York_02.jpg|alt=Lunar_Orbiter_Photographic_Subsystem,_George_Eastman_House,_Rochester,_New_York_02|thumb|A flight-spare Lunar Orbiter Photographic Subsystem is on display at the [[George Eastman Museum]] in Rochester, N.Y.]] [[Kodak]] created and constructed built eight photographic subsystems for the Lunar Orbiter program, five of which were used in space missions of 1966 and 1967.<ref name=":0" /> The camera used two lenses to simultaneously expose a wide-angle and a high-resolution image on the same film. The wide-angle, medium resolution mode used an 80 mm F 2.8 [[Schneider Kreuznach#Xenotar|Xenotar]] lens manufactured by [[Schneider Kreuznach]] of West Germany. The high-resolution mode used a 610 mm F 5.6 Panoramic lens manufactured by the Pacific Optical Company.<ref>{{cite web |last=Byers |first=Bruce K. |date=April 1977 |title=DESTINATION MOON: A History of the Lunar Orbiter Program |url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/TM-3487/top.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411153526/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/TM-3487/top.htm |archive-date=2020-04-11 |access-date=2010-12-18 |publisher=NASA}}</ref> The cameras exposed negatives on [[65 mm film|65 mm]] Kodak Bimat film, which was then developed onboard using a semidry process.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Hall |first=R. Cargill |date=October 2001 |title=SAMOS to the Moon: The Clandestine Transfer of Reconnaissance Technology Between Government Agencies |url=https://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/history/csnr/programs/docs/prog-hist-01.pdf |access-date=November 13, 2022 |publisher=National Reconnaissance Office}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The subsystem's [[photomultiplier]] then scanned the images by a for transmission to Earth as [[analog video]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The receiving stations on Earth then transferred the video images back onto film, which was then shipped to Kodak in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] for final processing and printing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=f7TFLqiPwMQ5rbhk&v=7HRF8rQD1Vw&feature=youtu.be |title=The Lunar Orbiter Camera at George Eastman House |date=2007-11-29 |last=George Eastman Museum |access-date=2024-10-22 |via=YouTube}}</ref> This system was adapted under permission of the NRO from the [[Samos (satellite)|SAMOS]] E-1 reconnaissance camera, built by Kodak for a short-lived USAF near-realtime satellite imaging project.<ref name=":1" />
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