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Subject: [Leica] Re: Re:What about the Hasselblads in space?
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Thu Nov 18 04:36:21 2004

And a Contarex.

Hard to believe that they would budget sending something as dense as a
Contarex into space, when I'm sure there were more "mass-efficient"
options.

regards,
Vick

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From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Kronquist
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:49 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re:What about the Hasselblads in space?


NASA also used Linhof 4 x 5 Contax SLR (original German) and Nikon F
cameras...

> Emanuel:  That may explain what I was just looking at.  Andrew's link 
> to the Apollo photographs sent me on a mission there to relive my days

> as a young space nut. Fantastic stuff.
> 
> In the Apollo 17 photos, part 2, I found a number of grainy black and 
> white images taken in the Command Module on the way back to Earth.  
> They were
> *not* square, looked very much like vertical 35mm frames, and looked
like
> very fast film from that era.
> 
> Those were the days.  Thanks for the memories, Andrew!  Roger, 
> Houston, we copy. . .
> 
> --Peter
> 
> In the matter of: http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html
> 
> Emanuel Lowi <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> There were Leica M4 cameras and 50/1.2 Noctilux lenses
>> also modified by NASA (larger controls etc.) for use
>> in extra-terra. No info on what missions they may have
>> been employed, though.
> 
> 
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