[rollei_list] Re: Rolleiflex and NASA
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 09:56:00 -0300
I understood your comment was made in levity Marc, BTW interesting
info on the Contarex. Hasselblad was the main camera for the last two
Mercury missions and the Apollo program, but NASA used the Nikon FTn
too for the Apollo missions and Nikon used a similar propaganda about
to look for the rarest Nikon cameras at the Moon surface, this FTn
model was called FTn Apollo. Some Hasselblad and Nikon cameras
modifications for the Apollo program were not always a real
improvement regarding the regular models, sometimes the cameras were
simplified and some metal parts replaced by plastic parts, but the
Hasselblad electric/electronic Apollo cameras systems were used for
regular models afterward.
BTW, that trip would be instructive and funny !
Carlos
2010/4/6 Marc James Small >>
> Thank you, Carlos. My comment was made in levity. In a similar vein, it is
> often said that NASA is giving away 10 or 12 Hasselblad bodies. You just
> have to arrange to get to the Moon to pick them up on your own cuff ...
>
> NASA's first choice was Contarex but that system was tanking by 1967 and
> Zeiss Ikon was unable to meet NASA's standards at the price NASA was willing
> to pay ($US 0). And Ha$$elblad moved right in and did a grand job at low
> cost of meeting NASA's needs.
>
> In any event, Carlos, once I get that Rusty's Space Ship in my garage
> operating, you and I will have to pick up Jim Brick and run off to pick up
> those Hasselblad bodies. Now, in USian terms, THAT will be a great road
> trip!
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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