NASA Orders Eleven Space Cameras From Nikon
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Most people know which brand of camera went to (and stayed on) the Moon: Hasselblad. Those old medium-format cameras could stand up to the extremes of heat and cold, were insanely reliable due to being both solidly built and manual, and as we know, they took great pictures.
But what does NASA use now for its space cameras? Nikons, as it turns out. The agency just ordered 11 shiny-new Nikon D3s DSLRs, along with AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses, to be used on board the International Space Station. We imagine that the ultra-wide zoom is essential in such cramped quarters.
These cameras are, says Nikon, completely stock, just like you or I could buy in the store. They’re not the first Nikons in space, either: the company has been supplying NASA with camera from as long ago as 1971, and right now there are around 35 lenses and six D2XS cameras already aboard the ISS. In total, NASA has taken around 700,000 photos with Nikon kit, and now everything is digital we expect the numbers to, ahem, skyrocket.
NASA Orders D3S Digital SLR Cameras and Interchangeable Lenses from Nikon [Nikon]
Photo of Nikon Space Camera, 1983: NASA
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