Photo of Apollo 14, Shepard golfing

Derek Lyons wrote:
(Scott Dorsey) wrote:

The next step up in resolution is a 4X5 view camera... impractical for
use in space (as discussed by Robert Heinlein in Rocket Ship Galileo).
The bellows tend to crack in vacuum.

That's a matter of materials choice when you design the bellows, not a
Law of the Universe.

True, you could probably get some sort of silicone material to do the job.
I'd hate to be juggling film holders in a space suit, though.

I do think that if you don't need much lens movement, that a set of interlocking
boxes like the Combat Graphic used would be a good solution.
--scott
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On Wed, 10 May 2006 19:25:54 +0100, "Brian Lawrence"
wrote:


You can read the transcript and discussion with Ed Mitchell he

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...2.html#1350811

This also details which original Hasselblads were used to create the composite.

Thank you, that's what I needed!
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Jud McCranie wrote:
On 10 May 2006 09:41:22 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

How can something (especially a movie still) look "too good to have been
from a Hasselblad?"

Sorry, I missoke. I meant that it looked too good to be from the TV
camera.

Ahh! I think the shot you're talking about is a composite of two 70mm
Hasselblad frames. It really is lovely, isn't it?
--scott
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On 11 May 2006 10:42:49 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Ahh! I think the shot you're talking about is a composite of two 70mm
Hasselblad frames. It really is lovely, isn't it?

Someone in this thread pointed me to more information, it is a
composite of five Hasselblad photos (some reversed left/right) plus
some additions. That has now been written up in a Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_...ax_accusations
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On Wed, 10 May 2006 13:32:54 GMT, (Henry Spencer)
wrote:

In article ,
Jud McCranie wrote:
In the book "Moon Shot" (hardcover edition) there is a two-page photo
of Shepard in a golf swing...

"Moon Shot" is junk. Several of its photos are fakes.

....Which brings us to the real question: did anyone ever come up with
a canonical list of everything that's wrong with "Moon Shot" with
regards to accuracy?

OM

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