Object Details
- Summary
- This UV lens accessory was available for astronauts to use with the IMAX camera when the 30mm lens was attached for filming.
- Astronauts used the IMAX camera to capture film footage for five IMAX productions. The first of these, The Dream Is Alive (1985), still ranks as the most popular of all IMAX feature films. Four of the films were co-sponsored by IMAX, NASA, the National Air and Space Museum, and Lockheed Martin. By carefully training the astronauts not only to operate the camera but also to act as cinematographers to capture both the thrilling and ordinary activities in orbit, IMAX produced films that virtually put the audience inside and outside the shuttle.
- Gift of the IMAX Corporation in 2011.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- Carl Zeiss G.m.b.H.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the IMAX Corporation
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminum
- Glass
- Beta Cloth
- Velcro
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Plastic Case): 3.5 × 3.5 × 1.9cm (1 3/8 × 1 3/8 × 3/4 in.)
- 3-D (Fabric Pouch): 5.1 × 5.1 × 0.6cm (2 × 2 × 1/4 in.)
- 3-D (Lens): 2.5 × 2.5 × 0.5cm (1 × 1 × 3/16 in.)
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
