The first Hasselblad camera and Zeiss 80mm Planar f/2.8 lens carried into orbit by Wally Schirra on Mercury-Atlas 8 will be up for auction on November 13 at RR Auction’s Boston Gallery. [Read more…]
Shooting in the Stratosphere with the Canon 5D Mark II and RED One
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Red Bull Stratos is a mission to make the highest free-fall jump in history. Felix Baumgartner will jump from 120,000-feet (22.7 miles) above the earth and it will be captured from a variety of angles.
To make this happen some of the cameras are modified to deal with the extreme cold and some are encased in nitrogen-filled housings. Among the gear featured in the above BTS video are several RED One cameras, Canon 5D Mark IIs, Canon EF-S 10-22mm lenses (mounted on the RED One’s) and Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lenses (mounted on the 5D2’s).
Canon is finally getting a trip to space in spite of NASA’s long history with Nikon.
[via PetaPixel]
Photos of the Western US Wildfires Taken from Space
NASA satellites and astronauts are capturing some compelling images from space that show just how massive the wildfires in the western US have become. [Read more…]
Astronaut Don Pettit in Space With Lots of Nikon DSLRs
Check out astronaut Don Pettit and his big collection of Nikon DSLRs and lenses. NASA has been big on Nikon for several years, ordering 11 Nikon D3s bodies a couple of years ago and 76 Nikon D2Xs bodies before that.
The cameras are modified to withstand the rigors of photography in space – including capturing extravehicular activities with the Nikon D2Xs based on the last word we had from Nikon.
I wonder when they will get the new D4 or D800 on board the International Space Station?
3.2 Gigapixel Camera Has 189 Image Sensors
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has designed a 3.2 BILLION pixel camera that it hopes to build in order to “capture the widest, fastest and deepest view of the night sky ever observed.” The above rendering of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) shows just how big this 3 ton camera will be next to a person. [Read more…]
Photography from Space: Inside the ISS
Remember the above cool time lapse video from the International Space Station. NASA has now given us a behind the scenes look from the ISS.
Astronaut Mike Fossum talks us through his thoughts on photography from space and how the Nikon D3 (NASA is a big fan of Nikon) allows them to take incredible images at night. Check it out in the video below. [Read more…]
Astronaut’s Photography Manual
The NASA Astronaut’s Photography Manual is a concise 40 page manual that covers all you need to know for your next vacation on the Moon. [Read more…]
International Space Station Time Lapse of Earth at Night
Check out the above view of Earth from the International Space Station at night. I was surprised to see how much area that a lightning strike covered with its glow. I couldn’t find any info about which camera was used to capture these images, but it would make sense that it’s a Nikon D3s or other Nikon body since the raw images were sourced from NASA.
Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane
In the below video, a passenger flying from Orlando, Florida captured Space Shuttle Discovery’s final launch from the window seat. Opportunities like this are why you should always get the window seat.
[via John Nack]
Nikon Goes to Space, Delivers (Inter)Stellar Images
Late last year, Nikon announced that NASA had acquired 11 Nikon D3s cameras to go along with its stable of 76 D2Xs models. Well, NASA is putting those D3s and D2Xs cameras to good use – in space. [Read more…]