Apollo 11 camera equipment

[wtg]

Only NASA could turn photography into literal rocket science. As Reddit user truetofiction points out in a resource-rich post, NASA meticulously decided upon a number of factors that determined the fate of the space-bound Hasselblads and the resulting images..

https://petapixel.com/2014/07/29/a-detailed-look-at-the-camera-tech-behind-the-historical-apollo-11-moon-landing/

[Big_Al]

An interessting read.

I used to take a lot of photos back when film was in vogue, mostly Kodachrome slides. I lost much of my interest in the hobby when digital imaging displaced the materials and equipment I used.

Big Al

[Daniel]

My childhood friend's aunt used to use them to film at show jumping events and he and rarely I with him would to those gigs. I never knew anything about why she chose those cameras. I remain blissfully ignorant about that type of camera. The human brain can hold only so much information.