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NASA Hasselblad Up for Sale on eBay

 

NASA Hasselblad Up for Sale on eBay hassy1

Forget the uber-rare Leica MP2 that’s going on auction at the end of this year. If you want a unique camera but don’t want to trade your house for it, you can save yourself a couple hundred grand by going for this brand new made-for-NASA Hasselblad MKWE up for sale on eBay for a cool $33,751.

We’re not sure why the price is so specific or what exactly makes this a NASA camera (it doesn’t seem to be branded so), but it’s a definitely an eye-catching Hassy.

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Hasselblad MKWE Kit brand new made for NASA (via Boing Boing)

 
 
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  • Anonymous

    http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11-hass.html
    Looks like it’s just modified to prevent static electricity from building up when winding / advancing film. And the magazine shoots 70mm long rolls, so unless NASA is releasing that film, you would have to use another hassy back.

  • http://twitter.com/chungdha Chung Dha Lam

    but looks like it comes with a digital back though

  • http://twitter.com/movito Fredrik Matheson

    Here’s how a Flickr friend (arato) describes this Hasselblad:
    (http://www.flickr.com/photos/arato/4669514386/)

    “The MKWE (Metric Kamera, Wide angle, Electronic winder) was designed for land survey purposes, and basically a motorized SWC (SWC/M) with dedicated 70 film back with custom reseau plate to project that hairline cross targets on film.”

    Just to be clear: not a digital hassy.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ivor-Biggun/100002335297913 Ivor Biggun

    lovely!

  • Alekh

    This looks like a Hasselblad 555 ElE version of 903 SWC. This has a motor drive film advance and has a fixed 38mm f 4.5 wide angle lens, which is very good lens. Medium format digital backs like those from Leaf Aptus can be used with this camera in landscape mode.