NASA buying more D3s and 14-24mm/f2.8

[helmet1989]

hasselbald all the way =D

 

[atria83]

maybe Nikon US having a good marketing strategy...Im comparing to Nikon Malaysia..which is like do 'nuts' in promoting Nikon brand...compare to Canon Malaysia..which I see really active in market and push their product to consumer...

 

[K3N]

NASA has a long relationship with Nikon for still cameras especially since they popularized SLR cameras with their legendary Nikon F and F2 cameras. NASA uses Canon camcorders in space like the XL-1 and XH G-1. They have fluorite glass elements.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=24020

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-55195685.html

 

[zhaowei]

I wonder what cameras the Soviet-era cosmonauts used :think:

Lomo?

 

[lsisaxon]

Lomo?

Probably Киев or Зенит. ;p

 

[nikkie]

still waiting for the movie clips from NASA...

 

[JacePhoto]

Its due to cost cutting lah... They really like Hasselblads...

 

[raymondluo]

Can someone tell NASA that it is the person behind the camera that matters and not the equipment?

I told them to get a lomo.

 

[9V-Orion Images]

still waiting for the movie clips from NASA...

Actually NASA astronauts use either Canon or Sony High-Definition Video (HDV) professional camcorders such as the Canon XH G1 and the occasional 70mm IMAX video camera.

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... and this is the 70mm IMAX 3D video camera weighing over a whooping 113 kg though its weight is negligible in a microgravity environment...

 

[lsisaxon]

I was looking to see where the lens was anchored.. then I remembered it was weightless.. :bsmilie:

 

[Omega23]

The 400mm f2.8 simply floats :bsmilie:

 

[aspenx]

The pics are really amusing. :thumbsup:

Looks like they're having a whole load of fun, regardless of whether it's a Nikon or Canon or whatever they're using.

 

[007]

The pics are really amusing. :thumbsup:

Looks like they're having a whole load of fun, regardless of whether it's a Nikon or Canon or whatever they're using.

this thread is more amusing than the topic itself.

 

[Danntbt]

....because Nikon(s) Are Simply Astounding

 

[CT 3833]

I wonder what cameras the Soviet-era cosmonauts used :think:

Their camera consists of two parts, pencil and paper.

 

[9V-Orion Images]

Some images captured by the Nikon D3 FX DSLR on-board the International Space Station (ISS).

 

[chisiang]

Unlike Canon which not only manufactured cameras but also a number other things, Nikon is more specialised in camera.

Just my thought. Hope no offense to Canon user.

The consumer market is only a small part of the Nikon product ranges. If I am not wrong, majority of their earnings are from precision optics, lab microscopes, and other industrial optical equipment.

The DSLRs and consumer market is only a tiny fraction of their overall earnings.

That explains why for decades they can afford to ignore DSLR fans

 

[Edwin Francis]

Their camera consists of two parts, pencil and paper.

Haha, that reminds me of the old story about NASA spending millions of dollars and months to come up with a pen that their astronauts could use in space (extremes of heat, cold, low gravity etc), and the Soviets using a pencil.
I guess there's a moral about in there for photographers fixated on gear too!

 

[Edwin Francis]

The consumer market is only a small part of the Nikon product ranges. If I am not wrong, majority of their earnings are from precision optics, lab microscopes, and other industrial optical equipment.

The DSLRs and consumer market is only a tiny fraction of their overall earnings.

That explains why for decades they can afford to ignore DSLR fans

Then Sony & Samsung users have no chance lah!

But seriously, are you just guessing? Yeah, the margins for precision optics, lab/industrial equipment is much higher that for consumer products, but wouldn't the sheer volume of consumer cameras sold make up for this? "Tiny fraction" sounds a bit of an exaggeration. No offense, I'm just curious to know...

 

[Edwin Francis]

... and this is the 70mm IMAX 3D video camera weighing over a whooping 113 kg though its weight is negligible in a microgravity environment...

Weightless yes, but not massless. Hard to imagine getting used to the weightlessness but still having to take into account mass and inertia, and the inertia of a 113kg camera could prove a handful. What I'd give to experience it ...