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The NASA Hasselblad was, and still is, an impressive piece of photographic machinery. Hasselblads were used for a long time in the US space program, the manual
by jrapdx3 12y ago
The NASA Hasselblad was, and still is, an impressive piece of photographic machinery. Hasselblads were used for a long time in the US space program, the manual saying "since 1962" and obviously, well beyond 1984.
And indeed having been around in those years, the cameras proved their worth. The images they captured were astonishing, looking like nothing else, in essence a unique art form truly living up to its actual "other-worldliness".
I've often thought the photographs of the early space era are among the most beautiful and haunting images of all time. The fascination with the photos and the camera itself is certainly justified.
It was fun reading the pictorial advice contained in the manual, which stated classic ideas anyone interested in photography has probably encountered many times. Yet the lessons could still be profitably applied in the digital era. I remember "exposing for the highlights" with transparency films, and even in today's world often enough it's still a good idea.
- friendzis 12y agoFilm and digital differ fundamentally in how they capture under/over-exposed areas. You can overexpose film and still preserve some - it won't be all white, while underexposed is... pitch black. With digital its different: once you overexpose you get plain white and everything is gone. Underexposed areas still contain some detail.
- aaronbrethorst 12y agoDigital and slide film are pretty similar in my experience. Color negative and black and white negative film, on the other hand, definitely offer a lot more opportunity for shadow and highlight recovery.
- DanBC 12y agoThe book "Full Moon" has some gorgeous photographs and is one of the nicest print books I have. They took care to do it right. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0224063049/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0224063049/ > To communicate the necessary density required a special black ink --"Luna Nero" was developed solely for the printing of this book, Okay, this sounds a bit like designer-nonsense but the book is printed really nicely.