Nikon is the Best!

Viking · December 13, 2006

I cant imagine NASA is using the next best stuff. Nikon all the way!

Here is a shoot!

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e82951.jpg
Its very high res

Mongrel · December 13, 2006

So does this mean that Nikon shooters...
have their heads in the clouds?

Scott_Quier · December 13, 2006

I wonder
how much Nikon payed for that product placement?

pathfinder · December 13, 2006

I think that was the Kodak FF DSLR body that was made for Nikon and Canon mount but is no longer made or serviced by Kodak. I KNOW Nikon cameras do not say Kodak across the bottom of their body.

Anyone else agree with me??

Harryb · December 13, 2006

pathfinder wrote:

I think that was the Kodak FF DSLR body that was made for Nikon and Canon mount but is no longer made or serviced by Kodak. I KNOW Nikon cameras do not say Kodak across the bottom of their body.

Anyone else agree with me??

One of the bodies is definitely is a Kodak with a Nikon mount and the other two appear to be Nikon bodies.

ziggy53 · December 13, 2006

For the first 13 years, Canon cameras used Nikkor lenses:

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/nikon_canon.htm

Hasselblad was the camera of choice for most space missions:

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/moon/1.htm

I'm sure Canon cameras are also used in space on both the Shuttle and International Space Station missions.

ziggy53

Mongrel · December 13, 2006

ziggy53 wrote:

For the first 13 years, Canon cameras used Nikkor lenses:

That's because there was no such thing as a "Nikon"

"Nikkor" wouldn't develop a camera until 1948....

Manfr3d · December 13, 2006

Nah NASA isnt up to date with certain things, remember when
the mars probe went down because they used this ancient
non-metric system in their software?

ziggy53 · December 13, 2006

pathfinder wrote:

I think that was the Kodak FF DSLR body that was made for Nikon and Canon mount but is no longer made or serviced by Kodak. I KNOW Nikon cameras do not say Kodak across the bottom of their body.

Anyone else agree with me??

Yep!

I can't tell for sure, but I'll bet it's a Kodak DCS760.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Kodak/kodak_dcs760.asp

Note also the odd camera on the left side of the image with two lenses?

ziggy53

pathfinder · December 13, 2006

I could not remember the numerical designation of the Kodak made DSLR on a Nikon body. Thanks Ziggy.

I think the body along the left side of the image is a stereo camera body - it shoots stereo images like the old Stereo-Optikon slides of the 1890s.

Those are some large telephotos lenses he's holding also.

mmroden · December 13, 2006

Those cameras might also be hardened. From what I understand (and there's others here who can probably say one way or the other), that electronics in space have different operating parameters, because there's no nice ozone layer shielding them from cosmic radiation.

Of course, that would probably be wrong inside the shuttle itself, which I assume is shielded, because otherwise the astronauts might have weird cancers.

I do recall that, a few years ago, a friend of mine who worked on rocket guidance systems said the most recent chip they could use was a 286, because it was the most recent hardened chip. Hardening would prevent math errors from random bit flipping due to the radiation.

Seymore · December 14, 2006

ziggy53 wrote:

Yep!

I can't tell for sure, but I'll bet it's a Kodak DCS760.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Kodak/kodak_dcs760.asp

Note also the odd camera on the left side of the image with two lenses?

ziggy53

Actually it looks like an F2 with a Kodak digi-back... or converted by Kodak. Looks at the top right of the lens.
EDIT: Ok... it was based on the F5 body. Looks like you nailed it Zig.

Yep... interesting "stereo" camera. (o: A pair of 50's? ...and the meter's on.

But, some serious glass in that shot...

Jeffro · December 14, 2006

Viking wrote:

I cant imagine NASA is using the next best stuff. Nikon all the way! Here is a shoot!

Actually NASA using Nikon seems to be par for the course.....over spending on low quality equipment.

Red J · December 14, 2006

pathfinder wrote:

Those are some large telephotos lenses he's holding also.

I bet he has no problem holding those all day long.

claudermilk · December 14, 2006

We all know NASA is way behind the times (stories of buying 5.25" drives off ebay to keep the shuttle going)....

Nice collection of glass there.

Manfr3d · December 14, 2006

claudermilk wrote:

We all know NASA is way behind the times (stories of buying 5.25" drives off ebay to keep the shuttle going)....

Nice collection of glass there.

thumb

photographix · December 17, 2006

nikons #1
sigma kodak and hassie all use NIKON LENS'S. no one use's cannon. nufsed ? but thy do make good door stops. just kidin. rick

Jeffro · December 17, 2006

photographix wrote:

sigma kodak and hassie all use NIKON LENS'S. no one use's cannon. nufsed ? but thy do make good door stops. just kidin. rick

Cannon's are used for killing your enemy, no wonder nobody wants to use them......

evoryware · December 17, 2006

Cannon redefines "Powershot"

ziggy53 · December 17, 2006

photographix wrote:

sigma kodak and hassie all use NIKON LENS'S. no one use's cannon. nufsed ? but thy do make good door stops. just kidin. rick

Wrong!

The Kodak DSC Pro SLR/c and DCS560 used Canon lenses.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0403/04031802kodakslrc.asp

ziggy53

JESTER · December 17, 2006

Jester
If you want me to I will ask the guy holding the cameras. His name is Jeff Williams and this was taken on STS-101 in May 2000. He is my brother-in-laws brother. I watched the launch. Awesome!!

ziggy53 · December 17, 2006

JESTER wrote:

If you want me to I will ask the guy holding the cameras. His name is Jeff Williams and this was taken on STS-101 in May 2000. He is my brother-in-laws brother. I watched the launch. Awesome!!

Please welcome him here if you wish. It would be wonderful to "talk" to an astronaut with a photographic penchant and perspective.

ziggy53

rosselliot · December 17, 2006

Scott_Quier wrote:

how much Nikon payed for that product placement?

they brought all the nikon stuff out for that picture, but then they put up all the crap and used the real stuff afterwards.

- RE

photographix · December 17, 2006

oops

ziggy53 wrote:

Wrong!

The Kodak DSC Pro SLR/c and DCS560 used Canon lenses.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0403/04031802kodakslrc.asp

ziggy53

darn lerned somthing. i hate it when that hapens. rick

Harryb · December 17, 2006

rosselliot wrote:

they brought all the nikon stuff out for that picture, but then they put up all the crap and used the real stuff afterwards.

- RE

Yep, they broke out their Sigmas.

ziggy53 · December 18, 2006

JESTER wrote:

If you want me to I will ask the guy holding the cameras. His name is Jeff Williams and this was taken on STS-101 in May 2000. He is my brother-in-laws brother. I watched the launch. Awesome!!

The full description of the image is here:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/html/iss013e82951.html

ziggy53

ESiggins · December 19, 2006

You guys just never get bored of the Canon/Nikon pissing contest, do ya? I'm still wondering about the one with 2 lenses. It looks like a modified Nikon FM10 body. At least I'm pretty sure it's Nikon because of the red stripe down the left grip.

dogwood · December 19, 2006

They must have Kate Moss up there with them-- I think it's part of her endorsement deal with Nikon.

Viking · December 19, 2006

good point!

ziggy53 wrote:

The full description of the image is here:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/html/iss013e82951.html

ziggy53

chuckice · December 20, 2006

Here's a bunch more for those interested...(didn't embed due to size)
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e13263.jpg
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e80653.jpg

I love the "IMAX Film Test" bag:
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e07989.jpg

Awesome:
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e49644.jpg
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e77965.jpg

Someone teach these guys the sunny rule!
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/hires/iss013e69635.jpg

claudermilk · December 20, 2006

ESiggins wrote:

You guys just never get bored of the Canon/Nikon pissing contest, do ya?

Never!

:deadhorse

This thread is just good-natured ribbing.

I even get to play both sides (20D and 995). :tiptoe

Nikon is the Best!

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