David Scott brought a Zeiss Tele-Tessar 500mm f/8 lens, by Carl Zeiss AG, Switzerland, to the surface of the Moon. It was produced especially for the Hasselblad Electric Data Camera.
The lens, which was used on the Apollo 15 moon mission will be going up for auction. It is expected to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000.
This is the lens attached to the specially made Hasselblad.
In a letter that accompanies the auction, Scott wrote that taking pictures on the Moon was no simple matter: "The camera with the 500mm lens was hand-held and was operated by pressing a single shutter button with automatic film advance. However, without a view finder, a range finder, or a light meter, the astronaut had to point the camera, frame the scene, set the distance, and evaluate the lighting so as to manually set the f-stop, exposure time, and distance.
I think you would have a hard time mounting this on your Nikon, Harley!
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2 repliesYou can read about, and see some images of the lens in this article from Ars Technica .
Get your bids ready!
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