How many Hasselblad's are on the Moon?

Worker 11811 · Mar 17, 2011

Photo Engineer said:
...Frozen bits also can act as meteors striking with enough force to injure an astronaut...

Now, there's a strange thought!

"News Flash: This just in... Space shuttle astronaut killed by flying crap-sicle while on spacewalk!... Film at eleven!"

JayGannon · Mar 17, 2011

Photo Engineer said:
There was a lot of "contraband" aboard every space flight, and some items just vanished appearing later in the hands of project members.

Including 1 camera that is supposedly still on the moon but is actually in the hands of a private collector in California.

lxdude · Mar 17, 2011

Photo Engineer said:
the astronauts have to be careful sanitizing themselves after a space walk.

Ewww. Down here we only have to worry about our shoes after a walk.

BrianShaw · Mar 17, 2011

TareqPhoto said:
I hope NASA will think to build a "Darkroom" there on the moon...

Don't you think the dark side of the moon would be dark enough?

Photo Engineer · Mar 17, 2011

The dark side of the moon is not dark.

PE

Worker 11811 · Mar 17, 2011

BrianShaw said:
Don't you think the dark side of the moon would be dark enough?

You can't be guaranteed that it will stay dark.

First, even if it is very dark on the dark side of the moon, I wouldn't say that the "dark side" is totally dark. Just dark-er. Then you would have to deal with reflected light, star light and light from comets or other heavenly objects.

Finally, how would you deal with some idiot who might walk up with a flashlight and say, "Hey! What are you doing over there?"

That all begs the question that you need a clean area to work in. You'd have to build an enclosure anyway. Therefore, you'd just as well build your darkroom wherever it's most convenient. If you're going to go through all the trouble to build a darkroom, it would be silly if you built it out of glass.

Photo Engineer · Mar 17, 2011

Every 28 days (or so) the back side of the moon is fully illuminated by full sunlight and the front side becomes dark. This alternates and so there is no "dark side". Open trays of process solutions or tanks will boil on the moon unless the air pressure is high enough around it to prevent it. So, unless you build a pressurized process area, there will be no analog on the moon.

OTOH, you can't easily print with ink jets there either for the same reason. You need air pressure to prevent either clogging of the jet openings or the ink just spraying out all over the place.

You have to wait until you return to earth or you have to send the images back electronically.

PE

mopar_guy · Mar 17, 2011

Why not send the film to the lab in a mailer?

Also, sign up for the Postcard Exchange.

MattKing · Mar 18, 2011

I bet the Alternative Processes people here would like working on the moon - at least the ones who need UV light for their work .

Edward_S · Mar 18, 2011

I was interested to see this in the '50 Years Ago' section of a recent copy of Sky and Telescope magazine:

"On October 4, 1959, the Soviet Union launched its third cosmic rocket [...] Photographing the surface of the other side of the moon was begun [...] at 3:30 Universal time on October 7th, at a distance of 65,200 kilometers from the moon's centre [...] When a photograph had been made, the miniature camera developed, fixed and dried the specially prepared 35-mm film that was used to allow processing at a very high temperature."

So developing film on the far side of the moon has already been done!

BrianShaw · Mar 18, 2011

Worker 11811 said:
Finally, how would you deal with some idiot who might walk up with a flashlight and say, "Hey! What are you doing over there?"

I once thought the most dangerous thing on earth was a 2nd Lieutenant with a compass... and now I find the most dangerous thing is a lunar idiot with a flashlight. Live and Learn!

BrianShaw · Mar 18, 2011

Photo Engineer said:
... there will be no analog on the moon.

... you have to send the images back electronically.

Ron... statements like these might get you permanantly banned from APUG!

PentaxBronica · Mar 18, 2011

BrianShaw said:
I once thought the most dangerous thing on earth was a 2nd Lieutenant with a compass... and now I find the most dangerous thing is a lunar idiot with a flashlight. Live and Learn!

I've always wondered how the war photographer (was it Robert Capa or did the story just get attached to him?) who supposedly developed his films in the field by dunking them through his helmet on a moonless night managed to avoid that problem...

bblhed · Mar 18, 2011

At 10^-10 tor, the moon is no place for liquids And you don't want to be processing outside on the ride home either because the area between the earth and the moon the vacuum is 10^-12 tor. I can't resist saying "that sucks".

Photo Engineer · Mar 18, 2011

BrianShaw said:
Ron... statements like these might get you permanantly banned from APUG!

Ok, so I go. I did tell the truth as far as I know it. See following post about the vacuum there!

PE

lxdude · Mar 18, 2011

bblhed said:
At 10^-10 tor, the moon is no place for liquids And you don't want to be processing outside on the ride home either because the area between the earth and the moon the vacuum is 10^-12 tor. I can't resist saying "that sucks".

Hmmm. When I want to clean my rug, I use a vacuum cleaner. It doesn't create nearly as much of a vacuum as that. So with that much vacuum, why is the moon so dusty?:confused::confused:

Photo Engineer · Mar 18, 2011

Just as an aside on flashlights, I used to keep a set of flashlights in my DR at Kodak, with filter sets for ortho, pan and min-pan as well as color. We got them from our stockroom. Some had snoods on them for directional work. So, what is the problem with flashlights in the DR?

It is necessary to have air! Flashlights as safelights are a luxury item but doable.

PE

Worker 11811 · Mar 18, 2011

Well, yeah, that was supposed to be a silly example.

But, since the moon is supposed to contain a subterranean base for alien space ships, one of those silly Martians (you know, the ones with the shoeshine brushes on their helmets) could come up and detonate his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. That would make you angry... Very, VERY angry!

Photo Engineer · Mar 18, 2011

All I can say is Aaaaack, AkAk, Akkkkkkkkk!

PE

Wade D · Mar 19, 2011

Photo Engineer said:
All I can say is Aaaaack, AkAk, Akkkkkkkkk!

PE

I love that movie!!

Steve Smith · Mar 19, 2011

Perhaps you could build a moon based darkroom in this: http://davidgold.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GROWING-BUSINESS_P38a.jpg

Steve.

Edward_S · Mar 19, 2011

lxdude said:
Hmmm. When I want to clean my rug, I use a vacuum cleaner. It doesn't create nearly as much of a vacuum as that. So with that much vacuum, why is the moon so dusty?:confused::confused:

If you ran your vacuum cleaner on the surface of the moon, would the dust go in or out?

benjiboy · Mar 19, 2011

" How many Hasselblads are on the Moon ? ", too many

benjiboy · Mar 19, 2011

BrianShaw said:
I once thought the most dangerous thing on earth was a 2nd Lieutenant with a compass... and now I find the most dangerous thing is a lunar idiot with a flashlight. Live and Learn!

It's almost as dangerous as a 2nd Lieutenant with a map.

Marvin · Mar 19, 2011

You can see the Lunar Lander base and its shadow on Google Moon and you can zoom in on the different landing sites.

How many Hasselblad's are on the Moon?

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