Usage of Apollo Lunar Surface Hasselblad Camera with 500 mm lens?

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Here is a list of photographic cameras used for Apollo 16.

There were two Lunar Surface Data Hasselblads equipped with a 60 mm lens for both astronauts to be used with chest mounts to the space suits. The astronauts had special training to use them without viewfinder. The astronauts were very successful in aiming with their cameras.

But what about the third Lunar Surface Hasselblad Camera with a 500 mm lens? Using a 500 mm lens without viewfinder would be difficult. Did they use the original waist-level viewfinder of the Hasselblad single-lens reflex cameras? Was this camera used only without helmet inside the pressurized cabin of the the Lunar Module or was it used also with closed helmet on the Moon's surface? Or was a special designed viewfinder for use in space added?

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Here is a list of photographic cameras used for Apollo 16.

There were two Lunar Surface Data Hasselblads equipped with a 60 mm lens for both astronauts to be used with chest mounts to the space suits. The astronauts had special training to use them without viewfinder. The astronauts were very successful in aiming with their cameras.

But what about the third Lunar Surface Hasselblad Camera with a 500 mm lens? Using a 500 mm lens without viewfinder would be difficult. Did they use the original waist-level viewfinder of the Hasselblad single-lens reflex cameras? Was this camera used only without helmet inside the pressurized cabin of the the Lunar Module or was it used also with closed helmet on the Moon's surface? Or was a special designed viewfinder for use in space added?

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Here is a list of photographic cameras used for Apollo 16.

There were two Lunar Surface Data Hasselblads equipped with a 60 mm lens for both astronauts to be used with chest mounts to the space suits. The astronauts had special training to use them without viewfinder. The astronauts were very successful in aiming with their cameras.

But what about the third Lunar Surface Hasselblad Camera with a 500 mm lens? Using a 500 mm lens without viewfinder would be difficult. Did they use the original waist-level viewfinder of the Hasselblad single-lens reflex cameras? Was this camera used only without helmet inside the pressurized cabin of the the Lunar Module or was it used also with closed helmet on the Moon's surface? Or was a special designed viewfinder for use in space added?

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Here is a list of photographic cameras used for Apollo 16.

There were two Lunar Surface Data Hasselblads equipped with a 60 mm lens for both astronauts to be used with chest mounts to the space suits. The astronauts had special training to use them without viewfinder. The astronauts were very successful in aiming with their cameras.

But what about the third Lunar Surface Hasselblad Camera with a 500 mm lens? Using a 500 mm lens without viewfinder would be difficult. Did they use the original waist-level viewfinder of the Hasselblad single-lens reflex cameras? Was this camera used only without helmet inside the pressurized cabin of the the Lunar Module or was it used also with closed helmet on the Moon's surface? Or was a special designed viewfinder for use in space added?

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As it happens, on Apollo 17, Gene Cernan got a picture of Jack Schmitt using a handheld camera with the 500mm lens on the surface of the moon! At the Station 6 site, Schmitt braced himself against a boulder and took some "manual panorama" series of pictures of the area. This picture is from magazine 146/F.

According to the Apollo 17 image library:

AS17-146-22293
165:49:31 Station 6. "Locator" to the LRV, with Jack in the background taking photos AS17-139-21206 to 21211 and using Fragment 2 to give him some stability. Fragment 3 is the smaller piece of rock that is next to Fragment 2 and to the right of Jack.

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  Jack Schmitt really looks like using an eye-level viewfinder. Definately not the waist-level viewfinder of an unmodified Hasselblad SLR. Does he wear also the chest mount data camera?
  – Uwe
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The best location I know for the Apollo images are the hi-res scans put up at the Apollo Archive. Unfortunately, the images don't seem to be broken out explicitly by camera, but in the Hasselblad Magazines section for Apollo 16 there are some that explicitly have 500mm in their name. It doesn't mention how they were taken, but the few I looked at do not appear to be taken through the lander window.

Edit: You might find this resource useful. In Part I it lists the 500mm Hasselblad as a "handheld" camera. It talks about how Hasselblad removed the SLR part of the camera and replaced it with a straight-through viewfinder that was then modified to be used with a helmet on.

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  I found three photo follwing your link, the AS16-112-18247, AS16-112-18254 and AS16-112-18254. I agree, these images dont look like taken through a window.
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  Unfortunately I found no image of the camera with the "straight eye-level finder with a suitable base length" The modification might apply only to the data cameras with a 60 mm lens.
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  11 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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As it happens, on Apollo 17, Gene Cernan got a picture of Jack Schmitt using a handheld camera with the 500mm lens on the surface of the moon! At the Station 6 site, Schmitt braced himself against a boulder and took some "manual panorama" series of pictures of the area. This picture is from magazine 146/F.

According to the Apollo 17 image library:

AS17-146-22293
165:49:31 Station 6. "Locator" to the LRV, with Jack in the background taking photos AS17-139-21206 to 21211 and using Fragment 2 to give him some stability. Fragment 3 is the smaller piece of rock that is next to Fragment 2 and to the right of Jack.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Jack Schmitt really looks like using an eye-level viewfinder. Definately not the waist-level viewfinder of an unmodified Hasselblad SLR. Does he wear also the chest mount data camera?
  – Uwe
  4 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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As it happens, on Apollo 17, Gene Cernan got a picture of Jack Schmitt using a handheld camera with the 500mm lens on the surface of the moon! At the Station 6 site, Schmitt braced himself against a boulder and took some "manual panorama" series of pictures of the area. This picture is from magazine 146/F.

According to the Apollo 17 image library:

AS17-146-22293
165:49:31 Station 6. "Locator" to the LRV, with Jack in the background taking photos AS17-139-21206 to 21211 and using Fragment 2 to give him some stability. Fragment 3 is the smaller piece of rock that is next to Fragment 2 and to the right of Jack.

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edited 5 mins ago

answered 14 mins ago

Russell Borogove

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  Jack Schmitt really looks like using an eye-level viewfinder. Definately not the waist-level viewfinder of an unmodified Hasselblad SLR. Does he wear also the chest mount data camera?
  – Uwe
  4 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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2
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As it happens, on Apollo 17, Gene Cernan got a picture of Jack Schmitt using a handheld camera with the 500mm lens on the surface of the moon! At the Station 6 site, Schmitt braced himself against a boulder and took some "manual panorama" series of pictures of the area. This picture is from magazine 146/F.

According to the Apollo 17 image library:

AS17-146-22293
165:49:31 Station 6. "Locator" to the LRV, with Jack in the background taking photos AS17-139-21206 to 21211 and using Fragment 2 to give him some stability. Fragment 3 is the smaller piece of rock that is next to Fragment 2 and to the right of Jack.

share|improve this answer

edited 5 mins ago

answered 14 mins ago

Russell Borogove

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As it happens, on Apollo 17, Gene Cernan got a picture of Jack Schmitt using a handheld camera with the 500mm lens on the surface of the moon! At the Station 6 site, Schmitt braced himself against a boulder and took some "manual panorama" series of pictures of the area. This picture is from magazine 146/F.

According to the Apollo 17 image library:

AS17-146-22293
165:49:31 Station 6. "Locator" to the LRV, with Jack in the background taking photos AS17-139-21206 to 21211 and using Fragment 2 to give him some stability. Fragment 3 is the smaller piece of rock that is next to Fragment 2 and to the right of Jack.

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edited 5 mins ago

answered 14 mins ago

Russell Borogove

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edited 5 mins ago

edited 5 mins ago

answered 14 mins ago

Russell Borogove

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answered 14 mins ago

Russell Borogove

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answered 14 mins ago

Russell Borogove

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Jack Schmitt really looks like using an eye-level viewfinder. Definately not the waist-level viewfinder of an unmodified Hasselblad SLR. Does he wear also the chest mount data camera?
  – Uwe
  4 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Jack Schmitt really looks like using an eye-level viewfinder. Definately not the waist-level viewfinder of an unmodified Hasselblad SLR. Does he wear also the chest mount data camera?
  – Uwe
  4 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

Jack Schmitt really looks like using an eye-level viewfinder. Definately not the waist-level viewfinder of an unmodified Hasselblad SLR. Does he wear also the chest mount data camera?
– Uwe
4 mins ago

Jack Schmitt really looks like using an eye-level viewfinder. Definately not the waist-level viewfinder of an unmodified Hasselblad SLR. Does he wear also the chest mount data camera?
– Uwe
4 mins ago

add a comment | 

up vote
1
down vote

The best location I know for the Apollo images are the hi-res scans put up at the Apollo Archive. Unfortunately, the images don't seem to be broken out explicitly by camera, but in the Hasselblad Magazines section for Apollo 16 there are some that explicitly have 500mm in their name. It doesn't mention how they were taken, but the few I looked at do not appear to be taken through the lander window.

Edit: You might find this resource useful. In Part I it lists the 500mm Hasselblad as a "handheld" camera. It talks about how Hasselblad removed the SLR part of the camera and replaced it with a straight-through viewfinder that was then modified to be used with a helmet on.

share|improve this answer

edited 21 mins ago

answered 33 mins ago

Dave

32114

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I found three photo follwing your link, the AS16-112-18247, AS16-112-18254 and AS16-112-18254. I agree, these images dont look like taken through a window.
  – Uwe
  25 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unfortunately I found no image of the camera with the "straight eye-level finder with a suitable base length" The modification might apply only to the data cameras with a 60 mm lens.
  – Uwe
  11 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
1
down vote

The best location I know for the Apollo images are the hi-res scans put up at the Apollo Archive. Unfortunately, the images don't seem to be broken out explicitly by camera, but in the Hasselblad Magazines section for Apollo 16 there are some that explicitly have 500mm in their name. It doesn't mention how they were taken, but the few I looked at do not appear to be taken through the lander window.

Edit: You might find this resource useful. In Part I it lists the 500mm Hasselblad as a "handheld" camera. It talks about how Hasselblad removed the SLR part of the camera and replaced it with a straight-through viewfinder that was then modified to be used with a helmet on.

share|improve this answer

edited 21 mins ago

answered 33 mins ago

Dave

32114

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I found three photo follwing your link, the AS16-112-18247, AS16-112-18254 and AS16-112-18254. I agree, these images dont look like taken through a window.
  – Uwe
  25 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unfortunately I found no image of the camera with the "straight eye-level finder with a suitable base length" The modification might apply only to the data cameras with a 60 mm lens.
  – Uwe
  11 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
1
down vote

up vote
1
down vote

The best location I know for the Apollo images are the hi-res scans put up at the Apollo Archive. Unfortunately, the images don't seem to be broken out explicitly by camera, but in the Hasselblad Magazines section for Apollo 16 there are some that explicitly have 500mm in their name. It doesn't mention how they were taken, but the few I looked at do not appear to be taken through the lander window.

Edit: You might find this resource useful. In Part I it lists the 500mm Hasselblad as a "handheld" camera. It talks about how Hasselblad removed the SLR part of the camera and replaced it with a straight-through viewfinder that was then modified to be used with a helmet on.

share|improve this answer

edited 21 mins ago

answered 33 mins ago

Dave

32114

The best location I know for the Apollo images are the hi-res scans put up at the Apollo Archive. Unfortunately, the images don't seem to be broken out explicitly by camera, but in the Hasselblad Magazines section for Apollo 16 there are some that explicitly have 500mm in their name. It doesn't mention how they were taken, but the few I looked at do not appear to be taken through the lander window.

Edit: You might find this resource useful. In Part I it lists the 500mm Hasselblad as a "handheld" camera. It talks about how Hasselblad removed the SLR part of the camera and replaced it with a straight-through viewfinder that was then modified to be used with a helmet on.

share|improve this answer

edited 21 mins ago

answered 33 mins ago

Dave

32114

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited 21 mins ago

edited 21 mins ago

edited 21 mins ago

answered 33 mins ago

Dave

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answered 33 mins ago

Dave

32114

answered 33 mins ago

Dave

32114

32114

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I found three photo follwing your link, the AS16-112-18247, AS16-112-18254 and AS16-112-18254. I agree, these images dont look like taken through a window.
  – Uwe
  25 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unfortunately I found no image of the camera with the "straight eye-level finder with a suitable base length" The modification might apply only to the data cameras with a 60 mm lens.
  – Uwe
  11 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I found three photo follwing your link, the AS16-112-18247, AS16-112-18254 and AS16-112-18254. I agree, these images dont look like taken through a window.
  – Uwe
  25 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Unfortunately I found no image of the camera with the "straight eye-level finder with a suitable base length" The modification might apply only to the data cameras with a 60 mm lens.
  – Uwe
  11 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

I found three photo follwing your link, the AS16-112-18247, AS16-112-18254 and AS16-112-18254. I agree, these images dont look like taken through a window.
– Uwe
25 mins ago

I found three photo follwing your link, the AS16-112-18247, AS16-112-18254 and AS16-112-18254. I agree, these images dont look like taken through a window.
– Uwe
25 mins ago

Unfortunately I found no image of the camera with the "straight eye-level finder with a suitable base length" The modification might apply only to the data cameras with a 60 mm lens.
– Uwe
11 mins ago

Unfortunately I found no image of the camera with the "straight eye-level finder with a suitable base length" The modification might apply only to the data cameras with a 60 mm lens.
– Uwe
11 mins ago

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