Book - Hasselblad & The Moon Landings - Deborah Ireland

[Alan White]

Having had some spare time like so many of us all in the evenings.
I have pulled down a to read book from the shelf, one of a number.

Hasselblad & The Moon Landings.   
Listed price in UK £9.99.



A good number of images from Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions and training.

Interesting text about history of cameras in the early US space exploits and the quick dependence upon
the Hasselblad brand to do what it says on the tin.

The first camera was not however a Hasselblad but a Minolta 35mm with John Glenn.

A very enjoyable, if short book at 91 pages long.

Other than the cover scan,
I will share no more as it will spoil a fine but short read for you if you were to pick up a copy.

I give this a solid YES for Lunar and Space Faring interest, as a photographer it ticks other boxes too.
 

 

[maw lod qan]

And to think that was all during the film days!

[johninderby]

A digital Hasselblad just isn’t as special. 🙁Altough sure they are very fine digital cameras. 🙂

https://www.hasselblad.com

[Alan White]

Yeah, magic old film, amazing how things have moved on.

Any Hasselblad is special in my view.
Always wanted one, never could afford one.
I do have my Dad's Rolleiflex TLR that is something special too, more so because it was his and he loved it too.

And back to the book, to think NASA didn't see how cameras were of value but the Astronauts did.
Good on John Glenn for pushing to get that Minolta into space.

 

[maw lod qan]

I'm just thinking of the time and what they dealt with.

So much of our history was captured on film, not to even think of the astronomers before us who dealt with film.

[Swoop1]

Another book that is heavily indebted to Hasselblad is Full Moon by Michael Light.

I found myself reaching for my copy of this for much the same reason. Gorgeous images with the sort of atmosphere that wet film is fantastic at conveying.

[Alan White]

14 hours ago, Swoop1 said:

Another book that is heavily indebted to Hasselblad is Full Moon by Michael Light.

I found myself reaching for my copy of this for much the same reason. Gorgeous images with the sort of atmosphere that wet film is fantastic at conveying.

Funnily enough I have the larger sized copy of that same book, wonderful stuff.

It provides a pleasurable look through every so often.

The Moon is very special to me, it was my starting point looking up as a child with my now long gone Dad,

fond memories of some great Dad time.

[Alan White]

I should add that my avatar picture is on the Zeus’s stand at the Photography show 2019, 

looking at a space used Hasselblad and Zeiss lens from Apollo mission 8 if memory is correct.

Edited April 10, 2020 by Alan White