matthewb
@matthewb
as a former film digitization expert, I have always wanted to scan this film. the images are stunning and the film stocks were custom made for the Apollo 8 through 17 missions, mostly Kodak colour slide film but some B&W as well. according to chat they were scanned with an old CCD/CMOS scanning station made by Leica called the DSW700V. this points to either a 29MP CCD or 50MP CMOS sensor, both of which were great for the time and lackluster by today's digital sensor standards. also inferior to the tonality and realism of a drum scan. the images are so haunting and beautiful though, they deserve better. https://x.com/astrogrant/status/1921385581612777669
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matthewb
@matthewb
some quick visual comparisons between unedited and "corrected": https://farcaster.xyz/matthewb/0xc23ea395
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brileigh
@brileigh
first year students will say it’s scanned that way ~on purpose~
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eirrann | he/him
@eirrann.eth
thoughts? https://farcaster.xyz/eirrann.eth/0x7aa89f41
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Andrea
@andreaboi.eth
🤔 what is it? A early custom in-ear for communication?
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Andrea
@andreaboi.eth
Hard to believe these photos are so old, once edited, they look super modern. Yeah the unedited basically are like "raw" version.
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six
@six
this makes me want to work on a space mission or something
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Garrett
@garrett
Is there a full gallery of these images somewhere?
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