61
Announcements / Re: Banned members
« Last post by Jason Thompson on February 13, 2025, 11:39:25 AM »Oh, that was utterly hilarious.
Recent Posts
62
Announcements / Re: Banned members
« Last post by LunarOrbit 🇨🇦 on February 13, 2025, 11:15:00 AM »Yeah, I had a good laugh at that. 
63
The Reality of Apollo / Re: Apollo 11 photography debrief
« Last post by bknight on February 13, 2025, 10:05:07 AM »I didn't think of that at the time, so I missed a chance to put him down. ThanksHBs are unconcerned with with that. I once was arguing with one a couple of years back, He asked me how much photography experience I had, to which I replied truthfully, none. He replied that he would no longer discuss Apollo with someone who did not know photography. He told me if I had any experience I would know what was "wrong" with the images. That was that with this guy.Saw the cover page of the first link and I swear I have this one, need to check once off work.
Still, there's actually a response to a HB complaint from Apollo 11; IIRC, there's 'issues' with the photos of the plaque on the leg because one photo is too dark but the next one is well lit. The argument being 'how could Armstrong know to change the settings if they didn't develop the film until after they got back? How did he know it was too dark?', yet right at the beginning of the debrief we have Armstrong saying how if they thought the picture would be important, they took multiple with different settings.
As usual, it seems like all the answers are out there if people are willing to look.
Even a rank amateur photographer can tell you what "bracketing" means
https://digital-photography-school.com/bracketing-what-is-it-and-what-to-do-with-the-images/
"Bracketing is a camera technique where you capture several different exposures of the same scene. In other words, you capture a standard image, a darker/underexposed version and a brighter/overexposed version."
The simple answer to that would be to ask the photography expert how much experience he had in photography in a vacuum environment on a body whose diameter is 1/4 of Earth's.
64
Announcements / Re: Banned members
« Last post by dwight on February 13, 2025, 06:05:40 AM »I'm pretty sure Jason agrees with me, in that it was funny watching him realise he was trying to bluff the guy who actually wrote the book on Apollo TV technology. That was a classic moment, at least for me.
65
The Reality of Apollo / Re: Apollo 11 photography debrief
« Last post by Zakalwe on February 13, 2025, 03:43:00 AM »HBs are unconcerned with with that. I once was arguing with one a couple of years back, He asked me how much photography experience I had, to which I replied truthfully, none. He replied that he would no longer discuss Apollo with someone who did not know photography. He told me if I had any experience I would know what was "wrong" with the images. That was that with this guy.Saw the cover page of the first link and I swear I have this one, need to check once off work.
Still, there's actually a response to a HB complaint from Apollo 11; IIRC, there's 'issues' with the photos of the plaque on the leg because one photo is too dark but the next one is well lit. The argument being 'how could Armstrong know to change the settings if they didn't develop the film until after they got back? How did he know it was too dark?', yet right at the beginning of the debrief we have Armstrong saying how if they thought the picture would be important, they took multiple with different settings.
As usual, it seems like all the answers are out there if people are willing to look.
Even a rank amateur photographer can tell you what "bracketing" means
https://digital-photography-school.com/bracketing-what-is-it-and-what-to-do-with-the-images/
"Bracketing is a camera technique where you capture several different exposures of the same scene. In other words, you capture a standard image, a darker/underexposed version and a brighter/overexposed version."
The simple answer to that would be to ask the photography expert how much experience he had in photography in a vacuum environment on a body whose diameter is 1/4 of Earth's.
66
The Reality of Apollo / Re: Apollo 11 photography debrief
« Last post by TimberWolfAu on February 13, 2025, 01:17:18 AM »He replied that he would no longer discuss Apollo with someone who did not know photography. He told me if I had any experience I would know what was "wrong" with the images. That was that with this guy.
The classic "If you don't know, then I can't tell you" response.
67
The Reality of Apollo / Re: Apollo 11 photography debrief
« Last post by bknight on February 12, 2025, 08:31:11 PM »HBs are unconcerned with with that. I once was arguing with one a couple of years back, He asked me how much photography experience I had, to which I replied truthfully, none. He replied that he would no longer discuss Apollo with someone who did not know photography. He told me if I had any experience I would know what was "wrong" with the images. That was that with this guy.Saw the cover page of the first link and I swear I have this one, need to check once off work.
Still, there's actually a response to a HB complaint from Apollo 11; IIRC, there's 'issues' with the photos of the plaque on the leg because one photo is too dark but the next one is well lit. The argument being 'how could Armstrong know to change the settings if they didn't develop the film until after they got back? How did he know it was too dark?', yet right at the beginning of the debrief we have Armstrong saying how if they thought the picture would be important, they took multiple with different settings.
As usual, it seems like all the answers are out there if people are willing to look.
Even a rank amateur photographer can tell you what "bracketing" means
https://digital-photography-school.com/bracketing-what-is-it-and-what-to-do-with-the-images/
"Bracketing is a camera technique where you capture several different exposures of the same scene. In other words, you capture a standard image, a darker/underexposed version and a brighter/overexposed version."
68
The Reality of Apollo / Re: Apollo 11 photography debrief
« Last post by smartcooky on February 12, 2025, 02:29:39 PM »Saw the cover page of the first link and I swear I have this one, need to check once off work.
Still, there's actually a response to a HB complaint from Apollo 11; IIRC, there's 'issues' with the photos of the plaque on the leg because one photo is too dark but the next one is well lit. The argument being 'how could Armstrong know to change the settings if they didn't develop the film until after they got back? How did he know it was too dark?', yet right at the beginning of the debrief we have Armstrong saying how if they thought the picture would be important, they took multiple with different settings.
As usual, it seems like all the answers are out there if people are willing to look.
Even a rank amateur photographer can tell you what "bracketing" means
https://digital-photography-school.com/bracketing-what-is-it-and-what-to-do-with-the-images/
"Bracketing is a camera technique where you capture several different exposures of the same scene. In other words, you capture a standard image, a darker/underexposed version and a brighter/overexposed version."
69
Other Conspiracy Theories / Re: HBO Miniseries From the Earth to the Moon
« Last post by JayUtah on February 12, 2025, 01:04:25 PM »I really love this series. I watch it every few years. The producers of the documentary where we recreated some of the Moon lighting effects in the California desert managed to find some of the same grips who had worked on this show and hired them. I wish I had had more time to talk with them about their time on the series.
70
General Discussion / Re: The Artemis Program
« Last post by JayUtah on February 12, 2025, 12:21:29 PM »I think it's more likely that Pres. Trump will just defer to Elon Musk on anything having to do with space policy. This means anything that survives from the Artemis program will be bent to Musk's oversight and reflect his personal priorities. I gather Musk wants access to U.S. tax dollars to fund his business enterprise, which he currently has under contracts administered by NASA that reflect NASA's goals. I gather he wants to remove policy and oversight from that equation and just have the dollars to fund SpaceX.
Musk via DOGE will effectively control NASA. Musk has said he doesn't want to go to the Moon. Therefore it's possible Artemis will be redirected toward a Mars-first goal. As long as Musk continues to make Trump look good, Trump will go for it.
This is all conflated with the problems with Boeing, which has truly lost its way.
Musk via DOGE will effectively control NASA. Musk has said he doesn't want to go to the Moon. Therefore it's possible Artemis will be redirected toward a Mars-first goal. As long as Musk continues to make Trump look good, Trump will go for it.
This is all conflated with the problems with Boeing, which has truly lost its way.