Apogee Book's Apollo 12 Vol. 2

....is a great read. I've always been interested in the "moonwalks that no
one saw" and this book does great justice to it, in the fine tradition of
all of the other Mission Reports.

However, even better than the book is the 2-sided DVD-video that comes with
it. I couldn't believe it when I saw that it's loaded with _hours_ of video
taken from the flight and the training beforehand. The quality is just as
good as the products put out by Spacecraft Films and at a list price of
$24.95 (I got it at Amazon for $20 or so), the DVD alone is worth the price.

My hats off to Robert Godwin for a fine product!

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:03:13 GMT, "Vincent D. DeSimone"
wrote:

However, even better than the book is the 2-sided DVD-video that comes with
it. I couldn't believe it when I saw that it's loaded with _hours_ of video
taken from the flight and the training beforehand. The quality is just as
good as the products put out by Spacecraft Films and at a list price of
$24.95 (I got it at Amazon for $20 or so), the DVD alone is worth the price.

....Which begs the question: just how good *is* the quality? Are we
talking a remastering that makes it as broadcast quality as
possible(*), where it looks as it did when it aired? Brother Dim
dropped a hint that he might be buying the A11 set for me for
Chrisnukkah instead of the Compact Flash cards I *really* need, so
naturally I'm curious as to just how good Spacecraft Films did on this
aspect of the book set.

(*) Which wasn't that great to begin with, but that's another thread
we've treaded before and will no doubt do so again...:-)

OM

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The quality is just as
good as the products put out by Spacecraft Films and at a list price of
$24.95 (I got it at Amazon for $20 or so), the DVD alone is worth the price.

...Which begs the question: just how good *is* the quality? Are we
talking a remastering that makes it as broadcast quality as
possible(*), where it looks as it did when it aired?

I think it was remastered. The 40 minutes of video before the camera konked
out is in color and the quality is certainly a lot better than the B&W
blurrfest of A11. It looks like it would have been when it was originally
transmitted. The rest of the footage is from the training and on-board 16mm
camera cartridges and they definitely seem to me to be cleaner than the
originals would be by now.