Re: [OM] Re NASA lens

[gary edwards]

It wasn't accidental.  They brought back the film magazines but 
intentionally left the cameras and lenses behind.  Every kilo they left 
behind was that much more mass of moon rock specimens that could be brought 
back to Earth.  Moon rocks were much more valuable than a camera.
Gary Edwards

> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Re NASA lens
> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:46:23 -0400
>
> Didn't they accidentally leave a Hasselblad on the moon?
>
> John  Hermanson
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> From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Re NASA lens
>
>
> > Hold on there.
> >
> > The OM-4/180-2.8 camera/lens combos were destined for use in the Space
> > Shuttle.  That doesn't mean that they were meant to be taken
> > OUTSIDE.  Remember, there's air in them thaar shuttles.   So your points
> > hold true as long as you don't take the equipment outside into the OPEN
> > cargo bay or on an EVA.  It will work find for shots through the 
> windows,
> > or inside the shuttle cabin, or in the CLOSED cargo bay.
> >
> > I think that the Hassleblads were used on Gemini space walks and on the
> > lunar surface, OUTSIDE.   Am I right?
> >
> > Skip
> >
> >
> > At 4/2/00 10:55 PM  -0400, you wrote:
> > > > Scroll down...OM-4 in NASA spec! What's that lens though?
> > >
> > >Something that isn't  obvious is that all our beautiful lenses are just
> > >junk in space....'cause the careful design that went into them, all the
> > >corrections, etc. are based on a glass to air interface....which is NOT
> > >the same as a glass to vacuum interface.  An old friend of mine
> > >worked on the redesign of the Hasselblad lenses that were used in the
> > >space program: one-offs for glass to vacuum.  Think of the cost!
> > >// "I build my cars to go, not to stop", Ettore Bugatti
> > >// Stewart Dean Kingston, NY
> >
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> > Skip Williams
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