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No.4 - Hasselblad may get all the glory of being the camera of choice for the NASA Lunar Expeditions, but did you know the meter of choice was a Minolta "Space Meter"?

A modified Minolta Auto Spot Meter 1 was used on Apollo 11. Later versions (Spot Meter M) were also lightly modified for the "Space Meter II" on the Shuttle Missions until they used Digital cameras.

Sources: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/spotmeter-1-degree-automatic-apollo-11/nasm_A19980022000

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/minolta-spotmeter-model-m-space-shuttle-525-c-b074f82b8e

Spotmeter, 1 Degree, Automatic, Apollo 11

During the Apollo 11 luanr mission of July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin carried this specially designed Minolta light meter on the lunar surface in order to acquire accurate exposure information quickly and easily.