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My 'Bladitis is catching up with my Leicaitis.

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1 minute ago, logan2z said:

I'm a little worried about going down the rabbit hole as well ;)

Always good to have a nice collection ;). One advantage of medium format film over 35 mm based cameras is that you only "need" one medium format camera to shoot different kind of films in parallel. Having a few film backs provides a very sufficient capability to use different films without adding too much bulk in the bag. I have bought two Leica M cameras to be able to shoot with the same lenses but for example color and B&W films. 

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Didn't work for me Martin, LOL.

I do agree though, one body, and whatever lenses you want or think you need, plus film backs for whatever comes up.

The chrome SWC was something I had lusted years for, and when I found it a few years ago, grabbed it. The 903SWC was pure indulgence recently, never used still wrapped and at a price I knew I'd regret not taking, so I did.

AND, a 500C/M coming, oh boy, beware Logan, it IS a rabbit hole.

Gary

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39 minutes ago, Martin B said:

I have bought two Leica M cameras to be able to shoot with the same lenses but for example color and B&W films. 

I told myself that, er, I mean that's exactly why I bought two Leica M bodies too ;)  Kidding aside, hot-swappable backs is another feature of the Hasselblad that appeals to me.

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It’s the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8, the first “rocket to the Moon”.   On TV they interviewed Astronaut William Anders, who used a NASA Hasselblad to shoot the “Earthrise” photograph.   They brought out a box, and with white gloves handed Anders the very camera he used.   He seemed surprised to see it, and said he didn’t remember how to use it!

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3 hours ago, Ambro51 said:

It’s the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8, the first “rocket to the Moon”.   On TV they interviewed Astronaut William Anders, who used a NASA Hasselblad to shoot the “Earthrise” photograph.   They brought out a box, and with white gloves handed Anders the very camera he used.   He seemed surprised to see it, and said he didn’t remember how to use it!

Hello Everybody,

That is interesting because I thought that they left the cameras on the Moon to cut down on weight during lift off.

Perhaps this is another example of the same model that was used on the Moon, or perhaps they brought 1 of the camera bodies back from the Moon so that they would have an example of the actual cameras used to put in a Museum or/& to hand to 1 of the Astronauts who took the actual photos during Anniversary Ceremonies 50 years later. 

I think that there was something written about this in Hasselblad House Literature at the time.

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Michael

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17 minutes ago, Ambro51 said:

Ahhh...read up on your hirstry.  Apollo 8 did not Land, they orbited the Moon.   Apollo 11 mission landed.

Hello Ambro51,

You are right. I was thinking about the first Moon Landing. Because: At that time I watched the 1969 Moon landing with 1 of the people who designed & built the Gravimeter that was assembled on the Moon during the 1st Moon landing. As we watched, he said that the assembly on the Moon's surface was done correctly.     

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Michael

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Apollo 10! I had been recently released from military service to the USA after a three-year overseas deployment, at a drive-in theater under the landing vector of OHare airport, jets streaming over our car landing lights blazing, sipping a beer, listening to the Apollo radio news cast while also watching 2001, a Space Odyssey with my lovely girlfriend. Talk about a life-changing event!

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5 minutes ago, pico said:

Apollo 10! I had been recently released from military service to the USA after a three-year overseas deployment, at a drive-in theater under the landing vector of OHare airport, jets streaming over our car landing lights blazing, sipping a beer, listening to the radio news cast while also watching 2001, a Space Odyssey with my lovely girlfriend. Talk about a life-changing event!

Hello Pico,

That is another interesting coincidence. I had just gotten out of the Army recently at that time myself.

You know pico, you would be amazed about how many things there are that you & I have in common.

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Michael

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3 hours ago, Michael Geschlecht said:

Hello Everybody,

That is interesting because I thought that they left the cameras on the Moon to cut down on weight during lift off.

Perhaps this is another example of the same model that was used on the Moon, or perhaps they brought 1 of the camera bodies back from the Moon so that they would have an example of the actual cameras used to put in a Museum or/& to hand to 1 of the Astronauts who took the actual photos during Anniversary Ceremonies 50 years later. 

I think that there was something written about this in Hasselblad House Literature at the time.

Best Regards,

Michael

Much longer story.... and controversy.  Only film magazines apparently came back from the first mission.  But for the rest...

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xywd43/the-mystery-of-the-only-camera-to-come-back-from-the-moon

Jeff

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27 minutes ago, Jeff S said:

Much longer story.... and controversy.  Only film magazines apparently came back from the first mission.  But for the rest..

Confused. Were not the Earth Rise photos made without landing on the moon?

 

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2 hours ago, pico said:

Confused. Were not the Earth Rise photos made without landing on the moon?

 

i believe so, the first mission circled the moon, didn't land, and came back, the mission before Armstrong .... at least that's how I remember it.

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