To make the camera usable with his bulky astronaut gloves, engineers flipped the camera upside down so they could attach a pistol grip and special buttons to control the shutter and film advance. They even moved the eyepiece to the bottom now the top of the camera so Glenn could target the constellation Orion for the spectrographic ultraviolet photography he was to perform.
In this case, we see how in the early days of NASA, astronauts developed a very personal role in their missions, and also how innovative and creative solutions became for making what we think of as basic tasks easy to do in space. Little is said by Senator Glenn about the Leica camera he also used in space, which actually captured the standard 35mm images we see in books and newspapers. It was not modified as much, with only a larger eyepiece put on top to make it easier to use with his spacesuit visor down.
Yet in newspaper stories, books, magazines, and even our own artifact records at the Museum, it seemed people easily interchanged the cameras for each other in the story of photography on Friendship 7.
Curator Michael Neufeld nailed this down once and for all with his essay in our book After Sputnik , when he showed how the Ansco camera has a special prism lens attached for the ultraviolet photography, while the Leica has a standard 50mm lens on it.
This experience with the Ansco camera on Capitol Hill was a truly unique day in my career, and I owe a special thanks to Samantha Snell from our Collections Division for managing the safe transport and handling of the camera. Also, to Malcolm Collum, our head conservator, for the fantastically built traveling case, and Derrick Fiedler of our Exhibits Production division for another perfect display stand. I am grateful for the opportunity to share the story of one of our priceless and unique artifacts we are entrusted by the American people to preserve and interpret.
Anthony Co. It started in or as daguerreotype gallery Edward Anthony in New York and expanded its activity becoming photography supplier in In Edward Anthony's brother Henry T.
In the company started making cameras. The company was the first to patent a roll-film holder that could be loaded in light [1]. Then it was acquired by Agfa of Germany in , becoming known as Agfa Ansco this was a productive period, resulting in many cameras covered in their own article.
During the war years production shifted to sextants and military optical rangefinders , and ultimately it was sold as an "enemy asset". After WWII the company reached its peak as camera maker, with a production of 2 million cameras per year. Beginning in the s Ansco shifted to selling rebadged imports, made by Agfa, Chinon , Ricoh and even Minolta. Photography is made easier by the built-in CdS light meter. The photo camera has automatic exposure and sets aperture and shutter speed automatically.
In addition, there is a Bulb mode for long exposures. In this mode, the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release button is held down. It makes sense to use a cable release here. The camera can be mounted on a tripod for blur-free shots. The use of a flash is possible via the PC flash socket.
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