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Nikon on the ISS

Postby Yi-P on Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:18 am

Look at these:

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/im ... 82951.html


He holds a D1x and 800mm with one single hand!! :shock:


And all those serious big guns, weight next to a paperclip up there... do you need anymore VR? :lol:
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Postby sheepie on Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:25 am

hehe - it takes a while to realise there's no strap on that camera around his neck!

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Postby Grev on Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:43 am

I would very much like to rob him. :lol:
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:46 am

Grev wrote:I would very much like to rob him. :lol:


Got a shuttle handy ? :lol:
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Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:53 am

Need to stealthat first :o
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Postby Grev on Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:58 am

First I need to infiltrate NASA. :lol:

Or wait for him to come down... :cry:
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:16 pm

sure that's a d1x? looked like a d2x to me in his hand with the d1 floating around. there's a fair bit of film gear there too.
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Postby Yi-P on Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:23 pm

Hmm, I cant tell, but it seems that NASA ordered quite a few D1X modified to 'NASA standards' and all those lenses are special orders for them as well.

I dont think you will be able to find any of those gears on Earth :lol:
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Postby photograham on Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:40 pm

I've just enlarged that shot. It looks like a D2X that is being held.

I can also see an F thingy with a Nikon speedlight also with a Kodak base. Now, how har will the light from that flash reach? Earth??? I knew that they were good!!!
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Postby beetleboy on Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:32 pm

All that gear and the dude's out of focus!

He he! :lol:
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Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:10 pm

Maybe Nikon needs to do what Plantronics have done and say that they're used by NASA.
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Postby Nnnnsic on Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:11 pm

Shit, there's a double-lens camera with old Nikon glass on it in that shot.

3D camera?
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:53 pm

photograham wrote:I can also see an F thingy with a Nikon speedlight also with a Kodak base. Now, how har will the light from that flash reach? Earth??? I knew that they were good!!!


Maybe that's what those weird lights people have been seeing during sunset? They weren't meteor trails...just the astronauts up in the ISS firing away the speedlights :D :lol:
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Postby Yi-P on Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:20 pm

Is that an F5 with Kodak digital back??

I see plenty rolls of films on the ride side rack with labels on them. So NASA still in the analogue age 8)

I see so many Japanese brand products there, Nikon, Sony, Kenwood, Canon (DVs?), etc...


And the laptop(s)... looks like an IBM to you?


I thought NASA made everything for their own needs... :roll:
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Postby beetleboy on Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:37 am

You might be right about the F5 with Kodak back Yi-P..I spent a day with a pro here in Adelaide who was using (almost 2 years ago now) and it looked exactly like that.

Well spotted =]
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Postby gstark on Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:52 am

I think the custom 3D FE-10 is the killer camera here.
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Postby Yi-P on Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:53 am

gstark wrote:I think the custom 3D FE-10 is the killer camera here.


What does this camera do??
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Postby gstark on Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:04 am

Makes 3-D photos.

On film!

Have you ever played with a Viewmaster? :)

My guess is trannies; that's the typical application.
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Postby DaveB on Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:26 pm

That "F5 with Kodak back" is a Kodak DCS760. 6 megapixels.
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Postby seeto.centric on Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:22 pm

nahh definitely D1x. D2x has a white spot on its head :)
and its head aka pentaprism housing is rounder than D1x.

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Postby DaveB on Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:31 pm

It's easy: you can read the "D1x" and "D2x" labels on the bodies.

The D1x is floating in front of his stomach, whereas the D2x is on the big lens in his right hand. Is anyone arguing about this any more?
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