Air recce photos.

[ArtieBob]

Just a quick question, 30,000 ft is mentioned several times, would most Luftwaffe long range reconnaissance have been flown at this altitude or somewhat lower? IIRC, the copies of Luftwaffe photos had pertinent data written on the images, did this include altitude?

Best Regards,

Artie Bob

[mkenny]

There are plenty of German photos online

http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/aeri...941/index.html

but no matter how big they are they are nowhere near the resolution of an original. I know the online photos look ok but at 400% magnification they show the pixels. Only a high res copy of a (section) of an original will work.
I use F35/30,000ft as this is roughly a 1:10,000 map scale. I am not after a scientific answer just want to make a visual comparison.
Low level and Obliques are (i know) more or less the same for both sides.
I guess I just want an answer to the claims made for German lenses at the higher levels .

Some users of Zeiss lenses are so enthusiastic about these optics that they believe Carl Zeiss can do wonders. Well, this is not exactly true. The fact is: Carl Zeiss has to adhere to nature's laws just as anybody else. So far, Carl Zeiss's physicists have found no way around it.


http://www.dantestella.com/zeiss/resolution.html