The International Space Station has a large number of cameras, lenses, and other photography equipment on board.
List of cameras on ISS edit
- Kodak 760C (e.g. Kodak DCS 760)[1][2]
- Nikon D1[3]
- Nikon D2Xs[4][5]
- Nikon D200[6]
- Nikon D3[7]
- Nikon D3X[6]
- Nikon D3S[8]
- Nikon D4[9]
- Nikon D800E[10]
- Nikon D5 (since 2017)[11]
- Sony α7S II,[12] which captured the first commercial 4K video footage in space in 2016.[12]
- Nikon Z 9 (since 2024)[9][13]
Multi-function devices with a camera feature:
Installed hardware/experiments
- (no longer active) High Definition Earth-Viewing System (HDEV) [18]
- 4:3 standard definition CCTV cameras[19]
- EHDCA[19]
- A Nikon D4 in special housing with motor controlled zoom from 28-300[19]
- Two Raspberry Pi computers,[20] one equipped with a standard camera and one with an infrared camera.
Camera equipment edit
Some of the modular lenses that are known to be used on the ISS include several Nikon F and 15 Nikon Z lenses, for cameras such as the D4 and Z9.[21] [13]This includes the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR, the Nikkor 600mm f/4G AF-S VR ED,[22] the Nikon 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR, and the Nikon AF-S FX TC-14E III 1.4x Teleconverter.[21]15 Nikon FTZ adapters are also used.[13]
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ a b Nikon (14 June 2010). "The latest Nikon equipment to be used in the Russian segment of the International Space Station: New orders received for Nikon D3S and D3X digital-SLR cameras as well as NIKKOR interchangeable lenses". Nikon. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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- ^ a b NASA. "Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth: What are the different choices of cameras?". NASA. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "NASA Johnson". NASA. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Nikon | News | NASA orders 53 unmodified Nikon D5 digital SLR cameras". www.nikon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ a b Sony. "The α7S II successfully captured the first ever commercial level 4K footage in space". www.sony.com. Sony. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ a b c Schneider, Jaron (6 February 2024). "NASA Goes Mirrorless: The Nikon Z9 is on the International Space Station".
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- ^ "Socializing Science With Smartphones in Space". Nasa.gov. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Two Zero-G iPhone 4s Are Now in Outer Space Aboard Final NASA Space Shuttle Flight". 8 July 2011.
- ^ "iPad 2 Scheduled for Delivery to International Space Station Tomorrow - The iPad Guide". Theipadguide.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "HDEV". Eol.jsc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "ISS Spacewalkers install new external HD Cameras, retract Thermal Radiator – ISS Expedition 48". Spaceflight101.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Astro Pi". Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b "This is the camera gear that NASA use on the International Space Station". 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Andreas Mogensen birthday post on X". 2 November 2023.