Digital BW, The Print

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> 
> Since I've been alive (and I am not THAT old!) we've come a long way.  The
> prevalent calculator used by flight engineers for the Apollo missions was
> the slide rule.  We now have more computing power in a portable calculator
> than was able to be packed into an Apollo spaceship.  Things are never
> static.  Photography and print production has never been static.  "Mature"
> is an adjective that can only be applied to a particular product.  Mediums
> always evolve.  Some just faster than others.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
In the first press conference for the first astronauts, the Mercury program
I think, Glen, Sheppard and so on, the dominant camera was the 4x5 Speed
Graphic.



Roll film later tuned out to be a big boom for getting to the moon.

Couldn¹t have done it with sheet film!
:)


Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/





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