Talk about a "sealed" body...

MRRiley · 09-04-2008, 08:03 AM

Photo of one of the Shuttle astronauts training with his hand-held camera...

I believe they use Nikon D2XS's or now D3's

Just thought it was pretty cool. Wonder how much that setup would cost on the street? LOL

*Venturi* · 09-04-2008, 08:48 AM

Kinda bulky for street shooting, wouldn't you say?

Given their suit gloves are valued at like $2mil a pair and the amount of milspec testing they do on a paper clip I'm afraid to know how much that camera setup is worth.

Back in the '80s I worked at a component test facility and we had a contract with a DoD supplier. I recall one batch of timer chips they sent us that when they hit our receiving dock each chip was worth about $0.17 and by the time we were done testing them each one was worth $25.00 and had 65 pages of documentation to go with it.

lithos · 09-04-2008, 09:14 AM

I recall one batch of timer chips they sent us that when they hit our receiving dock each chip was worth about $0.17 and by the time we were done testing them each one was worth $25.00 and had 65 pages of documentation to go with it.

The system works!

D3s? What was wrong with the Hasselblads?

gerbilbox · 09-04-2008, 10:35 AM

I think they're still using Nikon D2X, which Nikon has to custom manufacture with a spaceflight-approved lubrication (Braycote?) that can works in vacuum and extreme temperatures.

Alex