Hasselblad in space

[BrianShaw]

This is old news, of course, but for those of us who grew up paying attention to the space race... aquick retrospective.

... and for those who only know of the space race from history books...

https://apple.news/A8ApttJZPQVqiAsqhIsoVTQ

 

[mshchem]

So cool. I remember this well. I was 11 years old when Apollo 11 happened. The SpaceX stuff, rockets flying back to the cape. That's so amazing and wonderful.

 

[KN4SMF]

Thanks. Some of the best I've never seen.

 

[AgX]

But we should not overlook that many, most diverse handheld cameras were in space (though not on the moon).

For the 35mm ones see here:
https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/space-cameras-35mm.118101/

But also 16mm cameras and Pentacon Sixes and Aero Linhofs.


But Hasselblad got/made best advertizing out of it.

 

[BrianShaw]

Yes, that’s very true... Hasselblad was not the only camera used in he space program. The others were very capable too.

 

[Alex Varas]

Thank you posting, I didn't see some of them yet.

 

[ic-racer]

Nikon also.
This one looks Ken Rockwell's "...I wouldn't buy this lens..." 28 AF-D...

 

[Eric Rose]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Photo Engineer]

I handled one of the first cameras to go into orbit with John Glenn. The builder at that time, working for NASA, was Roland "Red" Williams. Very nice guy. His workshop was in Hangar "S" just around the corner from the photo office and near the test vacuum chambers.

PE

 

[Theo Sulphate]

But we should not overlook that many, most diverse handheld cameras were in space (though not on the moon).
...
But Hasselblad got/made best advertizing out of it.

That's true. It's funny: the list of so many companies whose photo equipment has been in space reminds me of hotels who claim "George Washington slept here".

 

[AgX]

The others mostly did not advertize the fact that their cameras were in space. And if they did, then to the effect that people only think of Hasselblad in this respect ...

 

[etn]

This is, in my opinion, the coolest camera manual ever and should be delivered with every Hasselblad:
http://static.hasselblad.com/2016/02/astronauts_manual_singlepage_lr.pdf

 

[AgX]

Which tells us that the Minolta Spot Meter F was in space too.

What then should be seen with what I wrote in post #11.

 

[Photo Engineer]

There were many camera models and makes in space.

This includes quite a few motion picture cameras.

PE

 

[dave olson]

Good Hassy operations manual, not just for the ELM but also C and CF lenses as well as the 90 degree viewfinder. really all Hassy V models.