Didn't they accidentally leave a Hasselblad on the moon?
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re NASA lens
> Hold on there.
>
> The OM-4/180-2.8 camera/lens combos were destined for use in the Space
> Shuttle. That doesn't mean that they were meant to be taken
> OUTSIDE. Remember, there's air in them thaar shuttles. So your points
> hold true as long as you don't take the equipment outside into the OPEN
> cargo bay or on an EVA. It will work find for shots through the windows,
> or inside the shuttle cabin, or in the CLOSED cargo bay.
>
> I think that the Hassleblads were used on Gemini space walks and on the
> lunar surface, OUTSIDE. Am I right?
>
> Skip
>
>
> At 4/2/00 10:55 PM -0400, you wrote:
> > > Scroll down...OM-4 in NASA spec! What's that lens though?
> >
> >Something that isn't obvious is that all our beautiful lenses are just
> >junk in space....'cause the careful design that went into them, all the
> >corrections, etc. are based on a glass to air interface....which is NOT
> >the same as a glass to vacuum interface. An old friend of mine
> >worked on the redesign of the Hasselblad lenses that were used in the
> >space program: one-offs for glass to vacuum. Think of the cost!
> >// "I build my cars to go, not to stop", Ettore Bugatti
> >// Stewart Dean Kingston, NY
>
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> Skip Williams
> Westfield, NJ
> skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx
> http://www.skipwilliams.com
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