How Nikons Are Used in Space

Michael Zhang · Feb 17, 2010

Most of you probably know the astronauts on the ISS use a lot of Nikon gear for their photography. The video above shows American astronaut Jeff Williams use one of the cameras onboard as an accelerometer during a reboost, through which the ISS maintains its orbit. It’s pretty neat seeing the camera floating around.

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nakedlens

It's really funny to see him just flipping around a D3 with a 400mm f/2.8 attached to it like it was a pencil.
jasone74

hands down coolest thing I've seen this year!
http://www.photoblog.com/bergur Bergur

I dream of a D3, I dream of going into space… This was just mindblowingly awesome!
http://twitter.com/jacoboconnell Jacob O'Connell

Those have to be perfect conditions for shooting. Such a heavy lens and body made weightless. Why have 3-4 bodies around your neck at an event? just let it go and it floats there. Anybody thing we'll soon have a new hot shoe device that makes our cameras weightless.
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Steve-o

could be my hearing but i think he said 800mm lens… right?
Anonymous

They use teleconverters, so it’s a 400mm that functions as an 800mm.
dtoner

Just a small note, this is of the D2 series, most likely a D2Xs. Not a D3

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How Nikons Are Used in Space