[coldtea]

Note that there isn't something especially mystic or technologically important about old Hasselblad cameras.

It's just that they are medium format cameras, and used larger size film, which gives more resolution.

But that's not unique to Hasselblad -- lots of companies had (and some still have) medium format analog cameras at the time.

[gcb0]

the fact that the government (NASA) used them, only proves they were settling to sell their equipment for less (it's usually more in invoice, but less when you account what you lost on red tape)

[coldtea]

Actually government contracts can be very easy to overcharge.