The Camera That Went To The Moon
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Photography from the Apollo missions always fascinated me especially with the 50th coming up this week. There's also quite a story on how they selected the video camera used outside the lunar module to transmit live video back to earth. This was "cutting edge" back in those good old analog days.
Jul 13, 2019 17:11:55 #
Thanks for posting the link. Really good story.
The interesting thing about the last photograph, the Lunar Module heading back to dock. Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo, is the only human, alive or dead that isn't in the frame of this picture, 1969.
--Bob
The interesting thing about the last photograph, the Lunar Module heading back to dock. Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo, is the only human, alive or dead that isn't in the frame of this picture, 1969.
--Bob
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Interesting story from NPR:
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foggypreacher
Loc: Dickinson, Texas
Wow, what I wouldn't give to get one of those cameras left on the moon. Even to see one would be great. The church I attend, Webster Presbyterian in Webster, TX, has been called by the Houston Chroicle, The Church of the Astronauts. Bull Aldre, John Glenn and others were members there during the 1960s and 1970s and beyond. One of the members of the church, Jack Kinzler, made the flag Apollo 11 took to the moon. He purposely put the "wrinkle" in it to be like the moon had an atmosphere so it would not be so wooden looking. We are celebration the 50th Anniversary of the landing on the 21st as Lunar Communion Sunday. I will try to post some of the pics. Astronaut Clay Anderson will be preaching. Other events will be showing of artifacts from that time.
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Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
skipwv wrote:
Bull Aldre? Gotta love that guy Otto Korrecht!!
Perhaps Mr. Korrecht never met Col. Aldrin. I've had him do some work for me and he doesn't always do well with proper names. I think he gets confused because he has a Germanic surname, though of Japanese lineage.
Jul 14, 2019 11:43:06 #
Jul 14, 2019 12:53:46 #
[So, the astronauts were instructed to pack the exposed film but leave behind the Hasselblads.
And, that's where they remain today, untouched, at the six Apollo landing sites.]
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And, that's where they remain today, untouched, at the six Apollo landing sites.]
Free Hasselblads! Just pay shipping!
Jul 14, 2019 13:10:17 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Interesting story from NPR:
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Great pictures, but I always understood that the first camera on the moon was a Minolta Hi-matic 7. On that understanding I later bought one - a superb range-finder camera with, if I remember correctly, an f1.8 lens.
Jul 14, 2019 13:17:43 #
Great story! I happened to be in Gothenburg, Sweden in August 1978. Through a relative who knew of my interest in photography, I received an invitation to visit the Hasselblad headquarters. I eagerly went and was graciously welcomed. I was told that unfortunately Victor Hasselblad had just died! Nevertheless, they showed me the private museum of important cameras and I will never forget when they indicated an exact copy of the Hasselblad left on the moon! I could not touch it, but they did let me 'play' with a more standard model. My wife was born in Gothenburg and immediately recognized the image, in the linked video, of the downtown location of the first Hasselblad store. She even indicated the the main train station was just out of view.
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the link.
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