Just a silly question--I was just rewatching 2001, and noticed the scene on the moon where the scientists visit the monolith and they all pose for a group photo in front of it before the ear-splitting transmission. I noticed the person taking the group photos was holding what looks like an underwater camera enclosure. A few moments before everyone lines up for the shot you see the photographer taking some candids and it looks like he's advancing the film by using some twisting motion of the entire contraption. I'm guessing Kubrick's prop staff didn't invent something just for the movie, so I'm wondering if anyone recognizes what is being used? The size and shape suggest a Hasselblad, but I'm more curious about the enclosure.
You can see a good shot of the camera being used and twisted at about 3:30 in this clip from the movie. At about 4:35 you see a closer view of the enclosure from the photographers side. It has a circular viewfinder angled up at 45 degrees.
(Another odd little detail--at the very beginning of the previous scene where Floyd gives a short talk to the scientists in a conference room has a photograpaher in a bad checkered suit take several photos before he leaves the room, but the "camera" looks more like a spotmeter.)
You can see a good shot of the camera being used and twisted at about 3:30 in this clip from the movie. At about 4:35 you see a closer view of the enclosure from the photographers side. It has a circular viewfinder angled up at 45 degrees.
(Another odd little detail--at the very beginning of the previous scene where Floyd gives a short talk to the scientists in a conference room has a photograpaher in a bad checkered suit take several photos before he leaves the room, but the "camera" looks more like a spotmeter.)
