FS Reader Clifford Pate brought these images to our attention, asking if the DSLR Russuian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka was using on the International Space Station was a Nikon or a Canon. That legendary DSLR battle aside, it's cool to see how the cosmonauts work with a DSLR, and the kind of equipment that goes into the process (beyond just the camera).
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, uses a still camera during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, moved the Strela-2 cargo boom from the Pirs docking compartment to the Zarya module to prepare Pirs for its eventual replacement with a new Russian multipurpose laboratory module. The two spacewalking cosmonauts also installed micrometeoroid debris shields on the exterior of the Zvezda service module and deployed a small science satellite. Click images for larger size.
Oh, and I think it's a Nikon, since that looks to be a 24mm Nikkor lens.
[Via NASA]
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and I think it’s a Nikon" pretty sure everything DSLR related on the ISS is Nikon, (if you look at the EXIF data for these photographs you can see that the first was taken with a Nikon D2Xs and the 2nd with a Nikon D3s) the US definitely use a bunch of D3x and D3s cameras, most recently for the awesome aurora time lapses that have been doing the rounds online
on the lens says "AF NIKKOR 24mm" ... sooooo.... i guess it might be Nikon ;) and it is well known, that Nikon is commonly used on ISS
+1 :) Canon does sports, Nikon flies in space :P
Nikon has always been a gear-head/geek brand.. perfect for this type of situations.
So what it's a Nikon?
Even NASA has to save money. Armstrong and Aldrin had Hasselblads back on the moon. :o)
Nikon *in* the photo, but the photo was probably taken with an iPhone ;P
When it's a once in a lifetime shot...you use a Nikon
A wedding in space?
Shoot it with Canon! :-)
(I have a Nikon)
hmmm I wonder, what brand space suit is he wearing?
doesn't it get destroyed by the vacuum of space?
like the battery?
Very likely that it's a nikon with a radiation suit on. NASA has been using that set up for a while. Much more info here. http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2011/07/how-does-nasa-get-nikon-d2xs-ready-...