Hasselblad Apollo 11 40th Anniversary

[David Grover / Capture One]

Dear Forum,

To celebrate the Apollo space missions Hasselblad have a very special offer!

From the 1st July customers who purchase an H3Dll-50 or H3Dll-60 camera between July 1st and August 21st 2009 will be eligible for an all expenses paid trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA between September 24th and 26th 2009.

Find out more here...

http://www.hasselblad.com/promotions/behindthecamera.aspx

Best,



David

[David Grover / Capture One]

I thought for a moment that was going to be an all expenses paid trip to the moon!

Best

Keith

You'll have to wait for the 100th anniversary!

[O.Ricter]

[quote name='David Grover / Hasselblad' date='Jul 3 2009, 09:24 AM' post='295378']
Dear Forum,

To celebrate the Apollo space missions Hasselblad have a very special offer!

From the 1st July customers who purchase an H3Dll-50 or H3Dll-60 camera between July 1st and August 21st 2009 will be eligible for an all expenses paid trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA between September 24th and 26th 2009.
Find out more here...
http://www.hasselblad.com/promotions/behindthecamera.aspx

Best,

David




Interesting!
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[dalethorn]

40 years since the moon landing - it seems like a fantasy now, like it all happened in a Hollywood movie set.

[Craig Lamson]

40 years since the moon landing - it seems like a fantasy now, like it all happened in a Hollywood movie set.

 

[NikonMike]

...purchase an H3Dll-50 or H3Dll-60 camera...

Detailed info on the 60 doesn't seem to be online yet. Same as the 50 (sensor size) with more pixels and $$$?

[David Grover / Capture One]

Detailed info on the 60 doesn't seem to be online yet. Same as the 50 (sensor size) with more pixels and $$$?

Full frame CCD from Dalsa and a few more $$$ than the 50.

[PHOTO ZARA]

40 years since the moon landing - it seems like a fantasy now, like it all happened in a Hollywood movie set.

you could be right cause' they were piloted by Stanley Kubrick

otherwise you wouldn't need EF 600mm or EF 1200mm to be able to see the marketing landscape on the moon by now

fisheye would be more than enough  

[markowich]

Full frame CCD from Dalsa and a few more $$$ than the 50.

david,
does this mean the H3DII 60 will be out in august? do we already have details on the implementation od
using HCD lenses? i know, they will crop, but what kind of mask will appear in the viewfinder?
peter

[cyberean]

40 years since the moon landing - it seems like a fantasy now, like it all happened in a Hollywood movie set.

the only moonwalk i've ever witnessed was done by Michael Jackson

[free1000]

Neil Armstrong was the one who took the pictures on the Moon, and he is one person, I guarantee you will not be meeting in Florida!

He has learned not to waste his time on PR meetings, as people try to steal his hair and sell it off.

He hasn't signed an autograph since the 1980's

[dalethorn]

I can guess at what sort of insulating details were needed for the cameras on the moon, given 250 F or so temperatures.  I'm curious how they protected the film, particularly color film, end to end (from launch to return).  Not just for temps, but there's a lot of radiation outside of Earth's shields.

[David Grover / Capture One]

david,
does this mean the H3DII 60 will be out in august? do we already have details on the implementation od
using HCD lenses? i know, they will crop, but what kind of mask will appear in the viewfinder?
peter

September is the expected release date for the H3D60.

There is a very nominal crop on the HCD28 and only at the 35 setting on the HCD35-90, so its not like you will need a dramatic crop line inside the viewfinder.  I would expect the glass screen to indicate the available area for the HCD lenses, but I will confirm.

David

[David Grover / Capture One]

Neil Armstrong was the one who took the pictures on the Moon, and he is one person, I guarantee you will not be meeting in Florida!

He has learned not to waste his time on PR meetings, as people try to steal his hair and sell it off.

He hasn't signed an autograph since the 1980's

Actually several astronauts took images on the moon as many photographs show astronauts with Hasselblad's hung around their suits.  So it was not only Neil Armstrong who was responsible.

[Craig Lamson]

I can guess at what sort of insulating details were needed for the cameras on the moon, given 250 F or so temperatures.  I'm curious how they protected the film, particularly color film, end to end (from launch to return).  Not just for temps, but there's a lot of radiation outside of Earth's shields.

In a real sense, there is no actual "temperature" on the moon given the lack of an atmosphere.  Objects do have a temperature however.  For a really good primer about both the thermodynamics on the moon and the Hasselblad cameras, start here:

http://www.clavius.org/envradfilm.html
http://www.clavius.org/envheat.html
http://www.clavius.org/
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11-hass.html

Apollo astronauts made over 8000 images while on the lunar surface on the Apollo 11, 12,14,15,16 and 17 missions.  All that returned to earth on each mission were the long roll magazines.  The cameras and lenses remained on the surface.

Here is a great link to low res versions of all the Apollo photography:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/

And for the very best source of high res stills, videos, and transcripts of each surface mission:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

Sorry for the long post, but I'm really quite a fan of the Apollo photography.

[David Grover / Capture One]

In a real sense, there is no actual "temperature" on the moon given the lack of an atmosphere.  Objects do have a temperature however.  For a really good primer about both the thermodynamics on the moon and the Hasselblad cameras, start here:

http://www.clavius.org/envradfilm.html
http://www.clavius.org/envheat.html
http://www.clavius.org/
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11-hass.html

Apollo astronauts made over 8000 images while on the lunar surface on the Apollo 11, 12,14,15,16 and 17 missions.  All that returned to earth on each mission were the long roll magazines.  The cameras and lenses remained on the surface.

Here is a great link to low res versions of all the Apollo photography:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/

And for the very best source of high res stills, videos, and transcripts of each surface mission:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

Sorry for the long post, but I'm really quite a fan of the Apollo photography.

Thankyou very much Craig!

Here is a shortcut to the image libraries...

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

[Craig Lamson]

Thankyou very much Craig!

Here is a shortcut to the image libraries...

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

No Problem!  I love the images.  Here is one of my favorites and one that totally drives the "apollo was a hoax crowd" nuts

[John.Murray]

I believe the relationship between NASA and Hasselblad began with Wally Schirra in Mercury 8 - he brought along his personal 500C for the "trip"....

[hubell]

Neil Armstrong was the one who took the pictures on the Moon, and he is one person, I guarantee you will not be meeting in Florida!

He has learned not to waste his time on PR meetings, as people try to steal his hair and sell it off.

He hasn't signed an autograph since the 1980's

According to Phase One, he is pissed that Hasselblad closed the H3D.

[dalethorn]

No Problem!  I love the images.  Here is one of my favorites and one that totally drives the "apollo was a hoax crowd" nuts

All silliness aside, NASA has suffered some credibility problems due to R.C. Hoagland's muckraking, but also because of their long-time association with the boys from Peenemunde.