Inventor Name
Fairchild KS-25 High Acuity Camera System Documentation
Repository
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Division
Room 3100, MRC 322
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-2320
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/
Physical Description
2 cubic ft.
Summary
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. designed the KS-25 High Acuity Camera System, an integrated camera/lens system using a wide-angle 24” focal length lens capable of producing transparencies with resolutions of 140 lines/mm on a high contrast target or 90 lines/mm on a low contrast target. The lens for the KS-25 was designed by Dr. James G. Baker of Spica, Inc. Consist of material documenting the development and testing of the KS-25’s f/4 achromatic lens system. Test data, photographs, drawings, and correspondence detailing Baker’s successful fight to secure a patent on the lens system.
