The Lunar Camera

This is me holding a Hasselblad EDC moon camera, one of only four left and this one was used for training the Apollo crews before their missions.

This is a specially designed version of the motorized 500EL intended for use on the surface of the moon, where the first lunar pictures were taken on 20 July 1969 by Neil Armstrong. The camera is equipped with a specially designed Biogon lens with a focal length of 60 mm, with a polarization filter mounted on the lens. A glass plate (Reseau-Plate), provided with reference crosses which are recorded on the film during exposure, is in contact with the film, and these crosses can be seen on all the pictures taken on the moon from 1969 to 1972.

The 12 HEDC cameras used on the surface of the moon were left there. Only the film magazines were brought back.