Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Apollo 12 commander, using a 70mm handheld Haselblad camera modified for lunar surface usage is photographed trying to snap a photo of his crewmate. He is also holding a core tube. The Lunar Module LM is in the far background. Image was taken during the second EVA EVA2 of the Apollo 12 mission. Original film magazine was labeled X, film type was SO-267 Plus-XX, high speed black and white thin base film, ASA 728 taken with an 60mm lens. Sun angle was low. Approximate camera tilt was Medium oblique and the direction of the camera tilt is Southwest.
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mikeossur 16 months ago | reply
Totally cool. Looks like a little flare off the lens.
thepretenda 16 months ago | reply
Dear NASA, please update the date that this photo was taken. It's says that it was taken 22 minutes ago!
cathdrwg 16 months ago | reply
November 19th or 20th, 1969.
♫ Lion ♫ 16 months ago | reply
Still emotioning:)
thepretenda 16 months ago | reply
Have a look at the wristwatch on the left arm!!
thepretenda 16 months ago | reply
Just did some quick research and found that watch!!!
"NASA supplied each of the Apollo astronauts with a standard issue Omega Speedmaster Professional manual-wind wristwatch (pictured above) together with Velcro strap. Unlike almost all other Apollo equipment, the watch was not manufactured for use specifically by NASA or in space but had been on sale in retail outlets in Houston and all of the United States from 1957-c1966 as the "Speedmaster" and as the "Speedmaster Professional" thereafter. Beginning in about 1962, NASA purchased examples of a number of commercially available watches for evaluation."
"This model is still worn by many present day astronauts on Shuttle missions"
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/omega.html
Well ain't that interesting!
DarkAngelDay 16 months ago | reply
Nice
prosper_youpla_boum 16 months ago | reply
Excellent!!
ken-a 16 months ago | reply
I wonder how it felt to walk so far away from the LM?
I guess the astronauts were pretty far away from everything once they left Earth's orbit.
goclooney go 16 months ago | reply
Awsome ,-))
dodagp 16 months ago | reply
Out of this world !!!
schoeband 16 months ago | reply
Go to www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/ to get more images of the Apollo missions.
Bossnas 15 months ago | reply
How do you focus a camera like that with a space suit on? It's strange that they would be using such fast ISO film with all that light.
ken-a 15 months ago | reply
The short answer is: Practice. The astronauts were given the cameras well before their missions. The cameras did not have viewfinders.
Here is a good web page with the focusing issue and also with NASA references:
www.ehartwell.com/Apollo17/BlueMarblePhotography.htm