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All content made available by NASA, Kodak, and miscellaneous abstracts collected on the Internet.

.....The main instrument used for image capturing was a binocular CCD-based imager with a 12 position color filter wheel. The 12 cm seperation between camera eyes provides for stereo enhanced images if desired. The camera has a set f-stop and focal length (f/18, 23 mm). This eliminates the requirement for active focusing, while still providing an almost infinte focal range.

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....The CCD uses frame transfer to act as a shutter for recording electronically. This eliminates undesired additional moving parts. The active sensing area is 256 x 256 pixels in each camera eye. Each eye has a limited field of view @ 14.4 degrees. The camera eyes sit on a jack-in-the box mast that can extend as much as a meter above the lander.