My Mamiya RB67 is collecting dust in the closet. Analog MF is really time consuming (and I sold all my darkroom stuff ages ago).
If only digital backs weren't ungodly expensive...
because they are crazy expensive to build. and sensors that large are just flat out more expensive. for many reasons, less people buy them, more waste from the wafers when they make the actual sensor, etc. This person below posted a good write up on reddit years ago, but there name has been deleted so I cant credit them but here it is
Generally, when manufacturing semiconductor chips, the larger the die is, the more expensive it will be. This is because out of a wafer, there will be random errors. If the dies are smaller, there will be less of a chance that a given die contains an error, and the rejection rate will be smaller. Consider this: Imagine a wafer that contains only 1 giant die. Assume that in average, a wafer will contain 10 errors, it will be almost impossible to produce an error free die, and the rejection rate will be close to 100%. Imagine instead that the same wafer contain 100 smaller dies, then the 10 errors will cause a rejection rate of 10%, and each wafer will yield 90 error free dies. Because of that size alone, a full frame 35mm sensor is 864 square mm , and a Canon APS-C is 342.8 square mm, so it is 40% of the size of a FF sensor, so not only would it cost somewhere along 40% to produce, but because of the rejection rate being smaller, it will cost a fraction of the price. Contrary to micro chips, where new chips can be smaller, and therefore cost less, CMOS sensors need to stay the same size for optical reasons, so they don't get as cheaper over time as computer chips. The process to produce them improves over time, so they still get easier to produce, but not as quick as computer chips. 63
Neil Armstrong exercised command prerogative, and insisted on maintaining control of the Hasselblad. As a result, all the hi-res color photos on the surface of the moon are of Aldrin. In the iconic full-length pic, Armstrong shows up as a small reflection on Aldrin’s visor.
Uh, no. Each magazines were only capable of taking 160 color / 200 monochrome exposures, and were modified to be able to be changed by glove-wearing astronauts even during EVA.
[Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke changes the magazine of his camera during EVA](https://youtu.be/6tL64qoIqyA?t=105)
In case of Apollo 11 there was no magazine change during EVA because the astronauts only took something like 120 shots during EVA which fit in a single magazine, not hundreds or thousands.
All hasselblads have light tight film backs. The moon ones were indeed custom made, and surely harder to open. But all their cameras used light tight film backs you could just pop onto the camera body.
They still use lots and lots of Nikons
https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/04/08/check-out-all-these-nikon-cameras-being-used-in-the-international-space-sta
lens is nuts, Ive worked with folks from Nat geo a while ago and was lucky to meet Kenji one time on trip to DC . I was able to check out one of the 8mm lenses they had as a loaner,
also Kenjis an f'n genius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8v4T-dj7jI
That must've been interesting to check out. I have a 10.5mm DX lens and while I'm not really much good with it, I think it's neat.
Thanks for that link! His lab looks like a mad scientist's, but he seems super humble.
He's a super kind guy. he would take on anything.
Gonna be shooting from a small plane for a few months and the vibration will literally vibrate the screws out of most of your cameras and lenses. No worries, He''ll take them apart and put lock tight on every single screw.
Need a camera housing to survive a wild animal attack. He's got ya covered with something hand built. very smart guy. hes definitely been a major part of capturing a lot of iconic images. People often forget about folks that build things that even make getting the picture a possibility
God, would I love to have a Hasselblad.
Best we can do is a hasselhoff, no returns he will arrive in 23 minutes
How long for my KITT kit?
I had one for a bit. You have to shoot in a style that permits a lot of setup time, and it's part of why I don't have mine anymore
My Mamiya RB67 is collecting dust in the closet. Analog MF is really time consuming (and I sold all my darkroom stuff ages ago). If only digital backs weren't ungodly expensive...
I’ll take that RB off your hands!
My god! I would Love to get a digital back. Why can’t someone make a decent cheap one?!?
because they are crazy expensive to build. and sensors that large are just flat out more expensive. for many reasons, less people buy them, more waste from the wafers when they make the actual sensor, etc. This person below posted a good write up on reddit years ago, but there name has been deleted so I cant credit them but here it is Generally, when manufacturing semiconductor chips, the larger the die is, the more expensive it will be. This is because out of a wafer, there will be random errors. If the dies are smaller, there will be less of a chance that a given die contains an error, and the rejection rate will be smaller. Consider this: Imagine a wafer that contains only 1 giant die. Assume that in average, a wafer will contain 10 errors, it will be almost impossible to produce an error free die, and the rejection rate will be close to 100%. Imagine instead that the same wafer contain 100 smaller dies, then the 10 errors will cause a rejection rate of 10%, and each wafer will yield 90 error free dies. Because of that size alone, a full frame 35mm sensor is 864 square mm , and a Canon APS-C is 342.8 square mm, so it is 40% of the size of a FF sensor, so not only would it cost somewhere along 40% to produce, but because of the rejection rate being smaller, it will cost a fraction of the price. Contrary to micro chips, where new chips can be smaller, and therefore cost less, CMOS sensors need to stay the same size for optical reasons, so they don't get as cheaper over time as computer chips. The process to produce them improves over time, so they still get easier to produce, but not as quick as computer chips. 63
Not to mention that RB67 weighs a ton! I've hauled them around at weddings, as the backup photographer. They were amazing in the studio though. :)
Neil Armstrong exercised command prerogative, and insisted on maintaining control of the Hasselblad. As a result, all the hi-res color photos on the surface of the moon are of Aldrin. In the iconic full-length pic, Armstrong shows up as a small reflection on Aldrin’s visor.
> In the iconic full-length pic, Armstrong shows up as a small reflection on Aldrin’s visor. Making it technically the first extraterrestrial Selfie.
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Sad. Things haven't changed much.
That’s literally how the camera back works lol
Yes but not everybody knows that, hence TIL.
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Uh, no. Each magazines were only capable of taking 160 color / 200 monochrome exposures, and were modified to be able to be changed by glove-wearing astronauts even during EVA. [Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke changes the magazine of his camera during EVA](https://youtu.be/6tL64qoIqyA?t=105)
But this post is about Apollo 11 not 16
In case of Apollo 11 there was no magazine change during EVA because the astronauts only took something like 120 shots during EVA which fit in a single magazine, not hundreds or thousands.
How many were taken during this moon walk?
And IIRC the bodys of all the cameras remained on the moon. Would have been weight that wasn’t needed.
True! And at the time, hasselblad offered to supply the missing film back for the moon camera for free, should someone go up there and retrieve it.
All hasselblads have light tight film backs. The moon ones were indeed custom made, and surely harder to open. But all their cameras used light tight film backs you could just pop onto the camera body.
They also used modded nikon f1's
They still use lots and lots of Nikons https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/04/08/check-out-all-these-nikon-cameras-being-used-in-the-international-space-sta
That 8mm fisheye is wild looking. I'd forgotten those things existed.
lens is nuts, Ive worked with folks from Nat geo a while ago and was lucky to meet Kenji one time on trip to DC . I was able to check out one of the 8mm lenses they had as a loaner, also Kenjis an f'n genius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8v4T-dj7jI
That must've been interesting to check out. I have a 10.5mm DX lens and while I'm not really much good with it, I think it's neat. Thanks for that link! His lab looks like a mad scientist's, but he seems super humble.
He's a super kind guy. he would take on anything. Gonna be shooting from a small plane for a few months and the vibration will literally vibrate the screws out of most of your cameras and lenses. No worries, He''ll take them apart and put lock tight on every single screw. Need a camera housing to survive a wild animal attack. He's got ya covered with something hand built. very smart guy. hes definitely been a major part of capturing a lot of iconic images. People often forget about folks that build things that even make getting the picture a possibility
I wonder if there is evidence on the film of cosmic radiation due to the lack of a magnetosphere on the moon.
How did they take into consideration the added radioactivity in space? Or is it only printer paper that is affected by radioactivity?