The cameras and film that NASA used on the moon missions

shapeshifter said:
Wrong date.That was Apollo 11 the camera is supposed to be from Apollo 15, July 1971.:D
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ah, fair enough - didn't actually bother reading it this time, as it's been on here so many times before - I just put the date of the first moon landing from memory.

so - 1971, obviously much more topical...



http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/fancy-a-remortgage-for-a-hasselblad.530027/#post-6109343

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/simply-wow.369218/#post-4231549

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/6-hasselblad-bodies-and-lenses-for-£10.216433/#post-2507740

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/th...he-first-to-pick-them-up.174526/#post-1997352

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/cameras-in-space.161560/#post-1852534

are a few of the prior references btw...
 
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indeed Rapscallion, it would take alot less effort to say to oneself "I heard about this ages ago" and move on to the next thread .
I dont think Ill ever understand this place or some of the people in it.
Thanks for the link shapeshifter made for interesting reading
 
Interesting thanks I hadn't seen it before
 
Interesting read. I remember someone telling me years ago that one of these cameras was left behind on the Moon?
 
Sam Tip said:
Interesting read. I remember someone telling me years ago that one of these cameras was left behind on the Moon?
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something like 12 of 'em depending on which story I linked to earlier you read... They basically removed the film and ditched the camera to allow a greater payload of moon rocks to be brought back to earth. The "theory" is that one of them made it back because the film jammed inside and it needed to be brought back "whole" to ensure they didn't lose the pictures, and to allow disassembly and finding what the problem was to avoid it in the future.
 
Sam Tip said:
Interesting read. I remember someone telling me years ago that one of these cameras was left behind on the Moon?
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All of the cameras which went to the moon were left there. Only the film backs were brought back. So if you want one...

Sam Tip said:
Think I'd put a higher value on the cameras than the moon rock!
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Getting another camera was easy. Moon rock, not so easy!

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Sam Tip said:
The "theory" is that one of them made it back because the film jammed inside and it needed to be brought back "whole"
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Apart from that one then. I didn't know that.


Steve.
 
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The moon rock cost $billions, but what a collector's item one of those abandoned cameras would be...
 
I would like to know what film did they used in those cameras 120 deg c at mid day and -120 deg at night radiation all over the place!
 
shapeshifter said:
I would like to know what film did they used in those cameras 120 deg c at mid day and -120 deg at night radiation all over the place!
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Kodak developed a special version of their 70mm cine film with a thinner film stock and special emusions to cope with the extremes of temperature etc.
 
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