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Veteran
well..it looks like a Nikon RF with 50f1.4
https://www.hodinkee.com/blog/actua...sional-actually-being-used-for-eva-today-well
Highway 61
Revisited
Nope. It's a Zeiss Ikon Contarex.
http://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/apollo_photo.html
"Unmodified Hasselblad 550C medium format cameras were first used on the last two Mercury one-man missions in 1962 and 1963. The Hasselblads proved the mainstay of the early space program and were used throughout the Gemini two-man spaceflights in 1965 and 1966. In addition to the excellent mechanical and optical properties of the cameras and their Zeiss lenses, the cameras were relatively simple to use, and film was pre-loaded into magazines that could easily be interchanged in mid-roll when lighting situations changed. In addition to the Hasselblads, on the second Gemini mission, history was made when the first picture of a spacecraft in orbit was taken by astronaut Ed White as he floated outside his spacecraft. He used a Zeiss Contarex 35mm camera mounted atop his gas-powered maneuvering gun."
http://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/apollo_photo.html
"Unmodified Hasselblad 550C medium format cameras were first used on the last two Mercury one-man missions in 1962 and 1963. The Hasselblads proved the mainstay of the early space program and were used throughout the Gemini two-man spaceflights in 1965 and 1966. In addition to the excellent mechanical and optical properties of the cameras and their Zeiss lenses, the cameras were relatively simple to use, and film was pre-loaded into magazines that could easily be interchanged in mid-roll when lighting situations changed. In addition to the Hasselblads, on the second Gemini mission, history was made when the first picture of a spacecraft in orbit was taken by astronaut Ed White as he floated outside his spacecraft. He used a Zeiss Contarex 35mm camera mounted atop his gas-powered maneuvering gun."
DNG
Film Friendly
Deleted reply and found the June 24 Chicago Tribune article
It had a modified Contarex with a waist level VF in place of the pentaprism
It had a modified Contarex with a waist level VF in place of the pentaprism
zuiko85
Veteran
Wasn't that the time Ed White had a lot of problems getting back into the Gemini spacecraft?