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astrobeck

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Cameras in Space
« on: August 11, 2007, 12:42:56 AM »
Camera Trivia....... :)
Did you know that John Glenn carried an off-the shelf Ansco Autoset camera on his Friendship 7 ride into space?

It was highly modified, with  a special grip  mounted on it and a viewfinder  taken from a Polaroid was added.
Glenn's camera is on display at the Smithsonian.

A link for a Spacenews story about the photographer that modified it and the camera is here
www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/67351main_feb27.pdf

Scroll down to page 7.


Need to add this page for the Hassy fans.....
http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/hasselblad-in-space/space-cameras.aspx

 :)


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Re: Cameras in Space
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2007, 01:43:52 AM »
interesting. here is a better shot of the cam. thought it looked upside down! looks like it was strapped to the outside of the ship as beat up as it is.
the autoset is already a nice, space-age looking 35mm.
found a shot he took with the camera, too.

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Re: Cameras in Space
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2007, 01:55:58 AM »
doh! someone made a mistake. it's not an autoset, it's a minolta hi-matic!

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Re: Cameras in Space
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2007, 02:46:38 PM »
The first camera into space was bought by the astronaut himself at a Coco Beach drugstore... can't remember where I heard that... probably Nova on PBS

At that time, NASA didn't think of taking photos in space... the camera was sneaked in the capsule. When they saw the roll of 35mm and the pictures that came out, cameras were made an integral part of every mission.
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Re: Cameras in Space
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2007, 11:37:09 PM »
And we're 99% digital now. The last few rolls returned were from the space station and were manifested a few years ago (ISS002, the second station crew). The processing of that film was a dicey topic after all the radiation it was exposed to.

The digital quality has improved greatly over the last few years but nothing compares to the Hasselblad 70mm images they can bring back.

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