-) Praktica EE2
Quite frankly it 's of no consequence to me if cameras were in space or anywhere else or owned by famous people to me cameras are tools not cult objects worthy of semi-religious devotion.
Unlike owned by famous people, consider that selected by NASA implies that the product will meet more rigorous requirements since it will be quite expensive to service the product once launched . . .
PE... it was a joke.
Do you mean like Challenger that blew up 73 seconds after launch ?Unlike owned by famous people, consider that selected by NASA implies that the product will meet more rigorous requirements since it will be quite expensive to service the product once launched . . .
Do you mean like Challenger that blew up 73 seconds after launch ?
After a little thought I think my remarks were a little unfair to N.A.S.A. and below the belt.Management political agendas which caused them to force launch after engineers warned them of faulty seals has already been addressed but, yes, I assume their decisions were made similarly... or from pure laziness.
After a little thought I think my remarks were a little unfair to N.A.S.A. and below the belt.
NASA had its own service department so to speak. It was located in hangar S when I was there.
P.E., I went to a lecture once that was given to a group of geologists and petroleum engineers by one of the people at NASA connected with photography. Along with the requisite (sp) "moon rocks", we were shown 6x6 slides shot from orbiting craft. He said these were all shot with special Hasselblads using a special film (probably Ektachrome) that Kodak made for NASA that was about the thickness of Saranwrap. The slides that we saw were undoubtly copies. He said that one of his jobs was to fly the films to Dallas where there was a lab that specialized in special jobs. (Ulrich Meisel's lab) Do you remember anything about any of this? I know Meisel did work for NASA....Regards!
I thought they were from the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.Not really Benjiboy. The way I heard Niel tell in in an obscure videotaped interview, we were trying to beat the Russians to the moon, but when Neil and Buzz got there they found 2 Englishmen sitting there in their space suits having a spot of tea.
To save volume and weight the emulsion was coated on thin PET base. I guess 0.05mm (about 1/3 of that used in standard type 135 films).
The coatings were made on 2 mil estar for conservation of weight and maximization of the footage available.
He said these were all shot with special Hasselblads using a special film (probably Ektachrome) that Kodak made for NASA that was about the thickness of Saranwrap.
I read fairly recently that it has cost the U.S. taxpayer about the same amount of money to pursue the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that it did to put men on the moon.
Well the Hasselblads are still up there.I would have brought an old folder, some Tri-X and a handheld meter:}
Funny, would have thought that a Kiev, Leningrad and a Practica would have been at the bottom of the list, but those folks obviously know more about it that me. At least they didn't bring a Zenit. It would probably still be up there.
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