Astronaut Pics (apologies if it's a repost)

[Boozy]

Astronaut Douglas Wheelock took these pictures.

http://triggerpit.com/2010/11/22/incredible-pics-n...

[RosscoPCole]

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

[Sonic]

Wow! Some stunning photos there.

[HoHoHo]

That's amazing page, absolutely stunning photos.

Thanks for sharing

[kiteless]

That is bloody marvellous.

What a great find.

[XG332]

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

[PaulG40]

Just WOW! Stunning stunning photograghs, good to see them with captions too to be able to relate them.

[sirtyro]

Great find! Really sad that the space program is being cut! Thanks for sharing!

[RobDickinson]

Superb!

[SlipStream77]

Thanks for the link, they were impressive.

You'd certainly improve your geography spending some time on the ISS.

[Eric Mc]

XG332 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

Originally they used Haselblad cameras, especially during the Apollo era. Nowadays I would expect that a variety of cameras are used - some of them the personal property of the crew members.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 08:32

[XG332]

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

Originally they used Haselblad cameras, especially during the Apollo era. Nowadays I would expect that a variety of cameras are used - some of them the personal property of the crew members.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 08:32

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maybe
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S...

[funkyrobot]

Fantastic pics!

Good find.

[Eric Mc]

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

Originally they used Haselblad cameras, especially during the Apollo era. Nowadays I would expect that a variety of cameras are used - some of them the personal property of the crew members.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 08:32

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maybe
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S...

I'm sure over the decades NASA has used a wide variety of stills cameras. During the Apollo era, the Hasserlblad was the main camera used because of the large format of the negatives and because of the fact that, with its look down viewfinder, it didn't need to be held up to the face to aim and shoot - handy when wearing an EVA suilt.
The lunar surface cameras werev modified with essentially no viewfinders. All the astronauts had to do was point the camera in the direction they wanted to shoot. They used a fairly wide angle setting so that they were pretty sure of getting what they wanted in shoot. Smaller SLRs were used when in the spacecraft as they were less bulky.

[XG332]

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

Originally they used Haselblad cameras, especially during the Apollo era. Nowadays I would expect that a variety of cameras are used - some of them the personal property of the crew members.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 08:32

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maybe
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S...

I'm sure over the decades NASA has used a wide variety of stills cameras. During the Apollo era, the Hasserlblad was the main camera used because of the large format of the negatives and because of the fact that, with its look down viewfinder, it didn't need to be held up to the face to aim and shoot - handy when wearing an EVA suilt.
The lunar surface cameras werev modified with essentially no viewfinders. All the astronauts had to do was point the camera in the direction they wanted to shoot. They used a fairly wide angle setting so that they were pretty sure of getting what they wanted in shoot. Smaller SLRs were used when in the spacecraft as they were less bulky.

Yes, but these photos arnt from the apollo era.

[Eric Mc]

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

Originally they used Haselblad cameras, especially during the Apollo era. Nowadays I would expect that a variety of cameras are used - some of them the personal property of the crew members.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 08:32

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maybe
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S...

I'm sure over the decades NASA has used a wide variety of stills cameras. During the Apollo era, the Hasserlblad was the main camera used because of the large format of the negatives and because of the fact that, with its look down viewfinder, it didn't need to be held up to the face to aim and shoot - handy when wearing an EVA suilt.
The lunar surface cameras werev modified with essentially no viewfinders. All the astronauts had to do was point the camera in the direction they wanted to shoot. They used a fairly wide angle setting so that they were pretty sure of getting what they wanted in shoot. Smaller SLRs were used when in the spacecraft as they were less bulky.

Yes, but these photos arnt from the apollo era.

So?

[Gillet]

Amazing!!! The night shots are breathtaking

[XG332]

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

Originally they used Haselblad cameras, especially during the Apollo era. Nowadays I would expect that a variety of cameras are used - some of them the personal property of the crew members.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 08:32

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maybe
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S...

I'm sure over the decades NASA has used a wide variety of stills cameras. During the Apollo era, the Hasserlblad was the main camera used because of the large format of the negatives and because of the fact that, with its look down viewfinder, it didn't need to be held up to the face to aim and shoot - handy when wearing an EVA suilt.
The lunar surface cameras werev modified with essentially no viewfinders. All the astronauts had to do was point the camera in the direction they wanted to shoot. They used a fairly wide angle setting so that they were pretty sure of getting what they wanted in shoot. Smaller SLRs were used when in the spacecraft as they were less bulky.

Yes, but these photos arnt from the apollo era.

So?

The original question was.

RosscoPCole said:

Wonder what camera he used?

I would bet my left leg it wasnt a Hasselblad.

[marksx]

Wow! Amazing pictures.

[Eric Mc]

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

Eric Mc said:

XG332 said:

RosscoPCole said:

Some amazing photos to see. Just wow! Wonder what camera he used?

I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons. So i would guess a D3x.

Originally they used Haselblad cameras, especially during the Apollo era. Nowadays I would expect that a variety of cameras are used - some of them the personal property of the crew members.

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 7th January 08:32

#

maybe
http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S...

I'm sure over the decades NASA has used a wide variety of stills cameras. During the Apollo era, the Hasserlblad was the main camera used because of the large format of the negatives and because of the fact that, with its look down viewfinder, it didn't need to be held up to the face to aim and shoot - handy when wearing an EVA suilt.
The lunar surface cameras werev modified with essentially no viewfinders. All the astronauts had to do was point the camera in the direction they wanted to shoot. They used a fairly wide angle setting so that they were pretty sure of getting what they wanted in shoot. Smaller SLRs were used when in the spacecraft as they were less bulky.

Yes, but these photos arnt from the apollo era.

So?

The original question was.

RosscoPCole said:

Wonder what camera he used?

I would bet my left leg it wasnt a Hasselblad.

And I wasn't disputing that at all.

I was debating your comment "I believe NASA have always used and been given Nikons".

They may use Nikons now - but they haven't "always" used them.