Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are still three on the moon you can have for free (if you can get there to claim them!). Marty On Thursday, 20 February 2014, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > I am a space nut. Always was, always will be. I remember the first > Mercury > astronauts getting out of their capsule and being sprayed with an > anti-bacterial chemical in case they came back with those horridly bizarre > space bugs. > > In my prior life, I was lucky enough to have worked on a piece of > electronics ( Lunar Gravimeter) that traveled to the moon, and was on the > buggy the astronauts rode around. When turned on, it promptly failed. So > much for my personal success on the moon. > > However, I have always been interested in the photography of early NASA. > Contarex, Hasselblad, Nikon: I was always impressed in the specialization > and modification of earthly cameras for the rigors of space. > > The Westlicht Auction now has a camera from the space program: > http://tinyurl.com/kuvpp8y > > It is an example of what NASA thought of as being required to photograph in > the alienness of Space..... > > Forget the price, enjoy what was our photographic heritage ... in space.... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net <javascript:;> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >