There are only B/W photos of Surveyor 3 taken during Apollo 12 second EVA.

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Example from the Lunar Surface Journal

But color photos were planned in the APOLLO 12 LUNAR SURFACE OPERATIONS PLAN on page 61/70, see. [![enter image description here][2]][2]

Nothing about magazine change in the cuff checklists for LMP and CDR.

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A color magazine was mentioned in EVA preparation:

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But no color magazine was used for EVA2:

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There are only B/W photos of Surveyor 3 taken during Apollo 12 second EVA.

Example from the Lunar Surface Journal

But color photos were planned in the APOLLO 12 LUNAR SURFACE OPERATIONS PLAN on page 61/70, see.

Nothing about magazine change in the cuff checklists for LMP and CDR.

A color magazine was mentioned in EVA preparation:

But no color magazine was used for EVA2:

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So what was the reason for taking only B&W photos and no color images as planned?

There are only B/W photos of Surveyor 3 taken during Apollo 12 second EVA.

Example from the Lunar Surface Journal

But color photos were planned in the APOLLO 12 LUNAR SURFACE OPERATIONS PLAN on page 61/70, see.

Nothing about magazine change in the cuff checklists for LMP and CDR.

A color magazine was mentioned in EVA preparation:

There are only B/W photos of Surveyor 3 taken during Apollo 12 second EVA.

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

Example from the Lunar Surface Journal

But color photos were planned in the APOLLO 12 LUNAR SURFACE OPERATIONS PLAN on page 61/70, see. [![enter image description here][2]][2]

Nothing about magazine change in the cuff checklists for LMP and CDR.

[![enter image description here][3]][3] [![enter image description here][4]][4]

A color magazine was mentioned in EVA preparation:

[![enter image description here][5]][5]

But no color magazine was used for EVA2:

[![enter image description here][6]][6]

Snipped from this page. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/SS8Mk.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/YzBQy.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/gAed2.jpg [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/3RUoG.jpg [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/4FVAU.jpg [6]: https://i.sstatic.net/J77Ti.png