Re: Thermal cameras (was: Sony Mavica works with Wratten 87

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  9 Feb 98 at 16:01, Tom Campbell wrote:

> Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> > 
> > Outside the US you need a permit/registration (Gen 3/Gen 2) for US
> > made NVD's....according to the Dutch distributor, this is getting
> > stricter and stricter....it even applies to high-end C-mount lenses,
> > and, don't flip, the manual for a Gen 3+ tube. 
> 
> Will swap Gen 3 manual copies for plutonium.
> 
> Just checking the diligence of all those NSA Crays.

One can only assume that 'infrared' is a fine keyword too.
They must hate this group by now....:-))
Perhaps we should consider an encrypted forum....mmm....;-))
 
> OK, if the problem lies with US laws, all is understood.  Even
> encryption software is now a weapon of mass destruction.  God save us
> from our guardians.

Well, to be fair, our Teutonic friends loved this kind of 
paperwork too, and that even for 2nd Gen. Both Rollei and Zeiss 
refused to sell anything before the buyer was screened by the German 
authorities. I even have the 'application forms' (boy were they eager 
to sell, despite this silly screening!).
Luckily I found a Rollei tube from the legacy of a Rollei collector, so 
I wasn't bothered with that silly paperwork....but they still were 
not amused when I went looking for accessories and told them I had 
one....:-))
(only 550 were ever made, and only a few sold to civilians, so the 
obvious question was: "were did you find it?!"....I guess they 
suspected me of robbing an army weapon room....8-))



 

- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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