Want a list of military reports on stereophotography??

[P3D Michael Ravnitzky <MikeRav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DO YOU WANT A LIST OF MILITARY REPORTS ON THE SUBJECT OF 
STEREOPHOTOGRAPHY?

You can get a list of [largely unpublished] military technical
reports on STEREOPHOTOGRAPHY and related topics.  Many of these reports 
have been locked away for various bureaucratic reasons and have not been 
put into the public domain.

Here are some subject keywords with which you can obtain a LIST of
several hundred military technical reports on stereophotography, 
three-dimensional photography and related subjects from the Defense 
Technical Information Center, a government agency. [see below]

KEYWORDS:

Stereophotography
Three-Dimensional Photography
Stereooptical
Stereooptics
Binocular Lenses

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Do not bother using the DTIC web site--in a nutshell,
it is worthless because the web site omits most of the two million
technical reports in the DTIC collection. [Most of these reports are
NOT, repeat NOT, repeat NOT in the NTIS collection, and have been
unavailable to the public.]  Send a letter instead--you will get much
better results.

The fee is likely to be free or only a few bucks.

Nevertheless, you probably want to include a statement in the letter 
such as *I agree to pay reasonable fees associated with this request.  
Please notify me if the cost will exceed $20.*,  so that they won't 
delay the processing of the request. Remember, they WILL try to dissuade 
you from asking for such a list.  If they send you a letter, and you do 
not respond, they will withdraw your request and you will not get your 
information.

Here is a form letter to use for your request:

To:    Defense Technical Information Center
       Attn:  DTIC-RSM [Kelly D. Akers, FOIA Manager]
       8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944
       Fort Belvoir, VA  22060-6128  USA
Phone: 703-767-9194

Dear Ms. Akers:

I request the following records under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act:

A technical report bibliography of reports on the subject[s]/keyword[s] 
of:

________________  OR   _________________  OR  ________________  OR

 _______________   OR   _________________  OR   _______________

Please send me this biography for this period of time:

_____  All years in your computerized index (1950's to 1990's)

_____  All years in your manual card index  (1940's & '50's)


This is a request for DTIC records, please don't forward my request to
NTIS.  Please include both classified and unclassified records in your
search.  If any of the records are classified, please review them for
release, or the release of nonsensitive portions.

I am an individual, noncommercial requester and this request is not
being made for commercial purposes.  [OR YOU MIGHT INSTEAD INDICATE
DIFFERENTLY IF YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL REQUESTER, OR AN EDUCATIONAL OR
SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MEDIA]  I also agree
to pay up to $20 for reasonable fees associated with this request.

Sincerely,

______________



Hope you find this a useful resource.  Questions?  Send me a private 
email so as not to pester the list.
Michael Ravnitzky
MikeRav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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