Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll admit I'm coming in late here - But I thought that all we cared about on this list were Leica Ms and Leica Rs - the genuine articles. Is one of you planning an expedition into space? If you are, why can't you take one of those nifty, handcrafted, made-to-order, Leica R digital backs? Oh, you say you're leaving in 2023 and it's probably not going to be ready for shipping by then? Never mind. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:59 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Using Leica at -15F or -25C What about the Hasselblad sin space? There are many images, some of them famous, that are portraits of an astronaut with the Hassy afixed to the front of his EVA suit. On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:59:48 -0000, Beddoe, Neil <nbeddoe@lehman.com> wrote: > I understand that the Apollo missions took Hasselblads with them to > the moon. Does anyone know if they ever left the spaceship > unprotected? I'd love to find out if they coped with alternating > between temperatures in the shade close to absolute zero and full > unfiltered direct sunlight with brain frying levels of ionizing > radiation. > > Neil _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information