Boston Camera

Boston Camera

The Boston Camera was a prototype airborne photo reconnaissance camera manufactured for the United States Air Force by the Boston University in 1951 [cite web|url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1874|title=B-36 Reconnaissance Aircraft and Camera|work=Fact Sheets|accessdate=2008-03-04|publisher=National Museum of the Air Force] and tested on the Convair B-36 and the C-97 Stratofreighter. The model carried on the first ERB-36D (44-92088)cite web|last=Baugher |first=Joseph F |url=http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1944_6.html|title=1944 USAAF Serial Numbers (44-83886 to 44-92098)|work=Encyclopedia of American Aircraft|accessdate=2008-03-03|publisher=Joseph F. Baugher] had a 240" focal length, which was achieved using a series of lenses. The lens had a f8 stop and used a 1/400 shutter speed and could allegedly photograph a golf ball from an altitude of 45,000 feet.Fact|date=March 2008 The camera used 18x36 inch negatives. The camera was never used operationally and was given to the Air Force Museum in 1964, along with a contact print of a golf ball on a course.

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*cite book |last=Jenkins|first=Dennis R|title=Warbird Tech, Convair B-36 Peacemaker|year=1999|publisher=Specialty Press|location=North Branch, MN|isbn=1-58007-019-1|pages=


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