Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/20

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Subject: [Leica] Hasselblad/Leica on the moon
From: dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com (Dennis Kushner)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:41:55 -0400
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Space gloves too bulky to operate any 35mm body?

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Frank Filippone<red735i at earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> Removeable/multiple ?film backs. ? ?ditto Contarex.
>
> The reason it was Hasselblad vs Contarex was the film size.
>
> I think also, it was an issue of what Zeiss, Hasselblad and Leica wished to
> do as a business strategy.... ? I never heard of Leica as chasing Space
> business.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
> Is there any information available on why NASA opted for Hasselblad rather
> then Leica on their moon trips?
>
> --
> Jan Doumen
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