I assume it's a Hasselblad, but what's with the viewfinder?
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I assume it's a Hasselblad, but what's with the viewfinder?
I have one of those "sport finders". Different cutouts depending on the lens focal length. That one is on a 1600f/1000f. The version for the latter 500 & 2000 bodies replace the WLF and includes a little mirror that lets you see the center of the focus screen.
Looks like it has the Kodak 80mm lens
Until last photo, wasn't sure it was a Hasselblad.
Weird finder appears to be on the left side! Camera is being held on its side.
Exactly the kind of silliness and debauchery I'd expect with a square format.
Weird finder appears to be on the left side! Camera is being held on its side.
Exactly the kind of silliness and debauchery I'd expect with a square format.
A Hasselblad was a camera the found its own as a recording tool. To that end, it was a box camera in its highest form. They encased it in a very rugged shell. But on the inside, not particularly more impressive than a box camera, and probably less dependable. All in all, not a terribly shabby camera, for what it was. Although I have no desire to handle any more of them.
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It makes sense that the camera is a Hasselblad, given that this is a Swedish-American film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invasion_of_Lapland
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Much more than a box camera, but, true, a box camera with simpler shutter probably was more reliable, however not as flexible in use. Ingenious design that many attempted to imitate but never quite succeeded. The weak points of the 1600F and 1000F were the not very robust shutter mechanism, the very strict procedure for setting shutter and firing shutter, and the easily dented steel foil shutter. Mine lasted trouble free until late seventies and then jammed and died. However, my film backs were trouble free until a few years ago, when finally replaced with Later A type backs. The Kodak Ektar lens was very good.
I believed that sport finders were also made for later camera models and still fit on accessory shoe on side of camera.
I never used them, but there was a time when such finders were even used with long lenses on 35 mm cameras.
I believed that sport finders were also made for later camera models and still fit on accessory shoe on side of camera.
I never used them, but there was a time when such finders were even used with long lenses on 35 mm cameras.
There are a few versions of the sports finder. Most of them go on the accessory rail on the left side of the camera. There is one that, as mentioned, goes in place of the standard finder with a mirror to view the center of the screen for focusing. But, the camera in the pictures has one of the rail-mounted finders. They all have adjustments or masks for getting the right frame lines for various focal length lenses
It is an early Hasselblad, pre 1957, with the sport finder on the left side.
Pretty clever actually.
Wondering about the guy's physiognomy - typical for a HaBla user ?
Not only that, señor, they all look a little funny to me.
Looks like a Hasselblad sportsfinder with a mask, nothing exotic. Most that I have seen mount on the side and they don't "reverse" the image because you are not looking through a lens. As to how it is being used in this film, that's called "artistic license" which means anything is allowed so lighten-up!........Regards!
Now that the camera bits are settled, let us turn our attention the the aircraft. What aircarft are they (supposed to be) in ?
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From the windows, I'd say DC-3 (C-47) - but somehow with wallpaper and wood trim. The set decorator should be fired.
The fuselage is square the windows are at different heights, flying about 10,000 feet.
Two airplanes in the film ''Terror in the midnight sun'' (Rymdinvasion i Lappland)
Convair 440-75 Metropolitan and Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman
source: http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Rymdinvasion_i_Lappland
The full film:
While it is obvious that this was some species of a sports finder, the proportions of it are like no sports finder I've ever seen. The spacing between the "objective" and "ocular" is fairly large, but the oddest part is the tiny opening of the "objective". It would be like looking thru a straw. I assume it is intended for a telephoto lense, although the one on the camera looks pretty standard.
Doesn't the eyepiece slide back & forth to adjust for focal length?
Are they inside an actual aircraft (I'm looking at the still photos only)? The interior looks like a very bad stage set, so I didn't consider the question seriously.
Don't think so ... The scenes inside the Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman could have been captured in a driver's cabin of a lorry (though there are wallpapers too) ...
Watching the movie is fun - you should have a look at the monster! It's so bad, it's almost great ...
The difference between a DC 3 and a C 47 is the padding on the seats.
Mine doesn't. Aspect ratio and focal length are set by the inserts.
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