OM said:
["Finally, on a cultural note, these black Hasselblads made for NASA
were the primary reason why 'black' suddenly was a kind of a favored
'professional look', hence almost every commercially available camera
was released in black during the subsequent decades. Only recently
have the companies begun to be a more creative, producing cameras with
metal exteriors of different kinds, and colorful plastics. This is
probably one of the lesser known results of the early manned
US-spaceflight program!]
Alas, the black professional look predates Apollo. Black is a fashion
statement that comes and goes, just like hemlines or the width of
neckties.
--
Kevin Willoughby
lid
We'd spend the remaining time trying to fix the engine.
-- Neil Armstrong