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Apollo/Skylab Data Acquisition Camera (DAC) training mock-up, measuring approximately 12.5˝ x 4.5˝ x 2.5˝, featuring a wooden 'dummy' lens appropriately labeled for "Focus," "Zoom," and "F/Stop," swivel latch with thumbwheel securing a mock-up film magazine, two electrical connectors representing 'power' and 'remote,' and metal mounting plate on the bottom. In very good to fine condition.
Designed and manufactured by J. A. Maurer of Long Island, New York, the Maurer Data Acquisition Camera was used to obtain sequential photographic data during the manned flights of Project Apollo and Skylab. It was capable of using the standard 16mm film format with double perforations and, in addition to the captured images, recorded fiducial marks on the film for data reduction use following the return from the mission. The camera’s unique design incorporated completely independent shutter speeds and frame rates (unlike a conventional commercial movie camera). It was designed to be handheld (i.e. during EVA) or bracket-mounted in the spacecraft, and powered either by the spacecraft’s 28-volt DC power or from a portable battery pack.
