Australian Camera – September-October 2019

B&Wfilmupto 200 frames.The

lenswasfittedwitha polarising

filterwhichwasalsotetheredto

thelensbarrelsowhenit was

detached(aswasrequiredwhen

usingtheEktachrome 160 film),it

wouldn’tjustfloataway.

Thefilmmagazinesforthe

Apollo 11 missionwerepreloaded

in a darkroom,withthefirstfew

framesofeachrollbeingtest

exposures– madebyNASA–

whichthenservedasvitaltest

stripswhenit cametoprocessing.

Therewasnometeringin either

theHEDCorHECsoexposures

werecalculatedbasedon

thepositionofthesunorthe

astronaut’sactivity.Theteststrips

wouldallowfortheprocessing

tobeadjustedfortherestofroll

if problemswiththeexposure

werenoted.Incidentally

Apollo 11 crewreturned

theexposedfilmswere

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Gemini 9, 10, 11

and 12 missions

with one famously

becoming

‘Sweden’s first

satellite’ when it

was accidentally

dropped during a

spacewalk”.

Buzz Aldrin poses for

photograph beside the

USA flag (which required

a top support as there’s

no wind on the Moon).

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